Carmelo Fernández
| Carmelo Fernández Páez | |
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| Born |
June 30, 1809 SpainGuama, Yaracuy, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 9 February 1887 (aged 77) VenezuelaCaracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Style | Lithographer and watercolorist |
Carmelo Fernández Páez was a Venezuelan engineer, soldier, cartoonist, lithographer and watercolorist. He was born in the town of Guama, Yaracuy State, on June 30 of 1809 and died in Caracas on February 9 of 1887.
His parents were José María Fernández and Luisa Páez, sister of general José Antonio Páez. As the nephew of a General, he became familiar with the events and personalities of the Spanish American wars of independence at an early age. From 1821 to 1823, he studied drawing and watercolors at a studio operated by a retired French artillery captain named Lessabe (or Lasabe) in Caracas. He then went to New York City, where he continued his education with Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena and others. When he returned to Venezuela in 1827, he studied mathematics and topographical drawing at the Army Engineering Command in Puerto Cabello, and was later stationed in Bogotá and Cartagena. During this period he participated in the punitive expedition under Daniel Florence O'Leary that went to Antioquia to suppress the revolt of General José María Córdova against the dictatorship of Simón Bolívar.
After the breakup of Gran Colombia, he was invited by the Italian geographer Agustín Codazzi to participate in creating a survey map of Venezuela. This work lasted from 1833 to 1839, during which time he made miniatures and engravings to include with the maps. He went to Paris with Codazzi in 1840 to oversee the printing of the maps by Thierry Frères, a well-known lithography firm, where Codazzi published the Atlas físico y político de la República de Venezuela. On the same trip, he developed some of the drawings for the Resumen de la historia de Venezuela by Rafael María Baralt and Ramón Díaz.
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