Diego quispe tito biography of abraham

Quechua painter (1611–1681)

Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681) was a Quechuapainter from Peru. He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting.^[1] Despite the prevalence of European artistic influences, some painters in Cuzco were of Inca descent, infusing their art with indigenous elements.

Diego Quispe Tito, adopted a distinctive style blending Italian Mannerism and Flemish painting techniques with depictions of local landscapes adorned with decorative birds. Working in a village near Cuzco, Quispe Tito developed his unique approach, exemplified in his series of paintings portraying the life of St.

John the Baptist for the Church of San Sebastian in 1663.^[2]

Background

The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco, and worked throughout his life in the district of San Sebastián; his house remains, and shows his coat of arms on its door.

Art career

Quispe Tito's earliest signed painting is an Immaculate Co