Roberto Berdecio

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1939–40:

(Profile photograph: Roberto Berdecio, Calle Orizaba 93A, Mexico City)

Latin American Exchange Fellows, 1939

Appointed from Mexico:

BERDECIO, ROBERTO:  Appointed for creative work in painting; tenure, twelve months from November 2, 1939.

Born October 20, 1908, at Sucre, Bolivia.  Education:  National Academy of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, 1935; Academy of Fine Arts, La Paz, Bolivia, 1927–29.

Member of the Siqueiros Experimental Workshop, 1936–37.

Exhibited in La Paz, Mexico City and New York City.