The man who spent his life promoting Venezuelan art
From Caracas with love “Alfredo Boulton: Looking at Venezuela, 1928-1978,” ed. by Idurre Alonso (Getty Publications, $275 pp, $60), in connection with the exhibition of the same name on view through Jan. 24 at the Getty Research Institute by Bondo Wyszpolski Not very well known outside of his own country, Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995) was a noted photographer, an art critic and historian of Venezuelan art who published over 60 books, including a three-volume “History of Painting in Venezuela.” The latter is more foundational than definitive; it was well received despite some drawbacks. Even so, writes Janeth Rodriguez Nóbrega, and “despite his limited approach, Alfredo Boulton will remain forever associated with the revaluation of Venezuelan colonial painting.” “El sueño del Rey Miguel №40 (The dream of King Miguel №40)” (ca. 1940), by Alfredo Boulton. Gelatin silver print; Getty Research Institute; Partial donation of the Alberto Vollmer Foundation 2021.M.1.11In 2020 the Getty Research Institute (the GRI) acquired Boulton’s complete photographic archives, spanning 75 years and also encompassing his correspondence and other documentation. As GRI director Mary E. Miller notes, “He…
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