Epifanio Irizarry

Epifanio "Fano" Irizarry
Born	Epifanio Irizarry 7 April 1915 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	3 November 2001 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Education	Art Students League of New York, Freilassing Academy of Fine Arts
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Flamboyan (1972)
Movement	Costumbrismo
Awards	National Academy Museum and School Award Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant
Patron(s)	Museo de Arte de Ponce Puerto Rico Museum of Art

Epifanio “Fano” Irizarry Jusino (7 April 1915 - 3 November 2001) was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He exposed Costumbrismo practices of his native Puerto Rico, including bomba and plena dances, cockfighting and carnivals. During his professional lifetime, he exhibited in Puerto Rico, the United States as well as Europe, some of which were solo, and he was the winner of various prestigious awards.

Epifanio “Fano” Irizarry was born on 7 April 1915 on Calle Petardo in Clausells sector in Ponce. His parents were Ramón Irizarry, a cobbler, and Epifania Jusino, a homemaker. Since very young he showed an affinity for the arts and was encouraged to excel in painting by his father. He began his art studies with Inés Toro, and later was a student of Horacio Castaing, Librado Net and Miguel Pou.

In 1934 he moved to New York City where he took on various forms of employment and in 1941 he entered the United States Armed Forces. During his enlisted years he studied perspective in Germany and art at the Freilassing Art Academy, Bavaria, Germany, as well as at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. He also lived in Paris, Toulouse, Lyons, and Reims, France as well as in Luxemburg.

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