Jaime Zapata (painter)

{{short description|Ecuadorian painter (born 1957)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1957|11|26|}}

| birth_place = Quito, Ecuador

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| known_for = Painting

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Jaime Zapata (26 November 1957) is an Ecuadorian painter.South American explorer - Issues 70-77 2003 - Page 22 "In a stairwell at the Museum of the City, hang a series of three paintings by the contemporary Quiteno painter, Jaime Zapata. They're remarkable, depicting scenes of the Conquest. The middle one shows the arrival of the Spanish." He graduated from the Art Faculty of the School of Plastic Arts at the Universidad Central de Quito in 1972.Nuevos cien artistas - Lenín Oña, Pablo Cuvi Page 58- 2001 "Jaime Zapata (Quito, 1957) Estudios: Colegio de Artes Plásticas y Facultad de Artes Plásticas de la Universidad Central de Quito, 1972."{{cite web|title=Jaime Zapata|url=http://www.marsuarte.com/biografias.php?cod_ar=30&idiom=2|website=MarsuArte Gallery|accessdate=1 June 2014}}

Zapata is known for his artistic depictions of women.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/cultura1/item/estos-ultimos-siete-anos-han-sido-de-soledad.html|title=Estos últimos siete años han sido de soledad|date=14 April 2014|work=El Telégrafo (Ecuador)|accessdate=13 September 2015}} {{As of|2014}} he lives and works in Paris, France.