Jose Olmos

popularly known by Indian name of "Pampite", in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, he and his contemporaries broke away from merely making copies of Europe's art and created a style unique to themselves and unique to Quito.

Pampite and others dared to infuse their indigenous heritage and passions into their paintings and sculptures, and by doing so created works that allow a glimpse into the heart of indigenous suffering under Spanish rule.