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Ricardo Flórez was born in May of 1893 in the city of Lima. He attended the National School of Fine Arts of Lima, where he was a disciple of Teófilo Castillo and Daniel the Hernandez. They introduced him to the landscape technique, to which he added the study of the light, usual in the Andean landscape that he used to observe.

From his point of view, The Tomayquichua landscapes he paints show “(…) the colors that the sun, the light and the air create, whereby the shadow of the objects is not just a gloominess of greys and blacks but a brightness full of color (…)”

His most important works are: “Mariacha”, “To Borders of the Huallaga”, “Cover of Hacienda Trujillana”, “Landscape of Huánuco”, “Cane Highway”, “Brotherhood of the Negritos”, “the Tomayquichuina”, “Panorama of Armatanga”, “Street of Tomayquichua”, among others.

Florez did not adhere to the “indiginism” as a movement, but preferred to explore in order to improve his technique and put into practice his own theories, that far from wishing to identify the problem of the indiginism like a social protest, intended to illustrate the character of the local world.