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