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Victor Mideros
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA. Photography credit Joel Benjamin
Victor Mideros
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA. Photography credit Joel Benjamin
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Victor Mideros

Ecuadorian, 1888-1969
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Assistant in design of the School of Fine Arts 1914-1918
Chancellor of the Ecuadorian consulate in Rome 1919-1922
Professor of painting, the history of art, and artistic anatomy,
In the School of Fine Arts 1925-1932
Professor of aesthetics in the School of Fine Arts 1932-

Memberships
Circulo de Bellas Artes of Quito (charter member)
Sociedad Juridico-Literaria of Quito
Circulo Internacional de Artistas of Rome
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Ferando Madrid

In 1917 Victor Mideros was recognized as a master after winning Mariano Aguilera Contest. After touring Europe he created a large painting "Our Lady of Mercies". Mideros also created stained-glass windows for many public buildings in Quito. By 1935 Victor Mideros had created more then 150 works with the bulk of them in private collections around Quito Ecuador.