Gilberto Almeida Egas (30 May 1928 – 20 April 2015) was an Ecuadorian painter born in San Antonio de Ibarra, in Imbabura Province. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Quito from 1953-1957. His early do its stuff was in many media, especially paintings of buildings and views in outmoded Quito; his later play a part concentrated on large black-and-white drawings, in a baroque, expressionistic, and dramatic style.
He has exhibited in major Ecuadoran cities including Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. In 1963 he was invited to exhibit in Chile, and he taking into consideration exhibited in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Galería de la Asociación de Artistas Plásticos. In 1969 he exhibited at the museum of the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C.
Works by Almeida are included in the collections of museums and galleries in Sweden, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Israel, Australia, the United States, and Canada in auxiliary to Ecuador, and in major private collections.
He died on 20 April 2015.
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