El manifiesto artístico de Alejandro González Trujillo, Apu-Rimak, en sus cartas a Yolanda Bedregal

Abstract

From a wide range of letters, hitherto unpublished, by the Peruvian artist Alejandro González Trujillo, andsent to the young Bolivian writer Yolanda Bedregal 1934 and 1936, we have extracted various reflections that give us the possibility of composing a kind of artistic manifesto by the painter. The letters allow us to recreate that Cusco period of González Trujillo, his life, his efforts, and his works in artistic and patrimonial journeys through the south of Peru while evoking his discipline training in life and art, as well as his profound vocation as an educator. His thoughts reveal an unwavering commitment to pre-Hispanic Peruvian culture, his art, and his position within the tensions of the Peruvian artistic field of those years. It also shows the fervor with which Peruvian artists approached the immeasurable task of cataloging their ancestors’ legacy.