Zamor

Zamor (christened Louis-Benoit) (b. 1762? - d. 7 February 1820) was a French revolutionary of Bengali origin, who, as a boy of eleven, was taken from Chittagong, Bangladesh by slave traders. Later he was educated by Countess du Barry and became her servant, but he betrayed her to the Committee of Public Safety. He participated in the French Revolution and was imprisoned by the Girondins.

Early life and upbringing

Zamor was born in the town of Chittagong in the state of Bengal (now Bangladesh). In 1773, when he was eleven years old, he was captured by English slave traders, who trafficked him into France via Madagascar and sold him to Louis XV of France. The King gave the young boy to his mistress, Countess du Barry, and he was christened Louis-Benoit. The Countess developed a liking for the boy and educated him. Zamor developed a taste for literature and was inspired by the works of Rousseau. Till her death, the Countess was under the wrong impression that Zamor was African.

Records of the period suggest that Zamor may have been extremely mischievous as a child. She noted in her memoirs:

Zamor (artist)

Zamor, born in March 8, 1951 in Colombia, is a Colombian and French painter, sculptor and writer. He became known for his large paintings and the treatment of his male and female subjects using a technique between realism and hyperrealism.

Influenced by the Italian mannerists and their distorted figures, as well as anamorphosis and trompe-l'oeil, his techniques borrow from the Renaissance. creating his own and unique style that he calls "suprarealism". The artist describes suprarealism as, "in surrealism the absurd elements are evident, but in suprarealism the absurd go into the logic of seeing, being in fact unnoticed". Zamor has lived in Europe since 1974, spending long periods in Rome, Florence, Paris, Amsterdam, Zürich, Stockholm and Madrid to develop and finish his humanistic studies before creating his own artistic style.

Education

Once he had decided to be an artist, Guillermo Zamor didn't want to study in the Academy of Arts, because he considered it a priority to have a humanistic and literary education in order to be better prepared for an artistic career. Initially he followed an architecture course at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia, where he learned the fundamentals of art, perspective, drawing, etc. Then he decided to direct his studies towards philosophy and literature. He began with a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Letters and then a master's degree in History at the Xavierian University in Bogotá. After that he left his country to go to Paris in 1974 where he continued his humanistic studies for a master's degree in Literature at the Sorbonne, and a Ph.D in History, also at the Sorbonne, and finally, a licentiate degree in History of Art at the University of Grenoble in France. In 1976, after traveling and studying the Europe's museums, he decided to dedicate his life to painting and sculpting in Paris.

Zamor (disambiguation)

Zamor (1762?–1820) was a French revolutionary of Bengali origin.

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