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Samy Benmayor Research Paper

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Samy Benmayor, a Chilean painter, was born January 24, 1956 in Santiago, Chile and grew up in a house in the central Santiago highway of Alameda. His father died when he was two years old. He attended the Liceo Manuel de Salas high school and then went on to attend the University of Chile. He was a student of artists Gonzalo Diaz and Rodolfo Opazo. Samy acquired scholarship offers from many different schools to advance in his education abroad. During his travel abroad, Samy met Susana Mansilla, his wife and manager. He also participated in several art exhibitions. Samy was a prominent member of the generation of the 80s and he represented the neo-expressionist style of art. The generation of artists he belonged to were famous for

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