Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 | The Master of Watercolor

Flamboyant, passionate artist Alvaro Castagnet is one of the world’s great watercolor masters with a growing list of achievements every year as his body of work flourishes and he pursues exciting directions.

Alvaro has never ceased to develop and progress his art, as it evolves from vividly painted everyday scenes to almost abstract gestural swathes of pure color.

He is admired for his powerful, impressive interpretation of light effects and his ability to evoke mood to convey the very soul of the subjects he paints.

Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 | Il maestro dell'acquerello

Alvaro Castagnet è uno degli acquerellisti più stimati al mondo.

Ha ricevuto i massimi riconoscimenti internazionali per la sua pittura e le sue opere impreziosiscono le pareti di numerosi collezionisti privati ed aziendali in tutto il mondo.

È costantemente richiesto per mostre personali, workshop e corsi.

Il suo occhio esperto è molto richiesto come giurato di prestigiose mostre d'arte.

Alvaro Castagnet, 1954 | Watercolor painter

Uruguayan painter Alvaro Castagnet was born in Montevideo, in the beautiful South American country of Uruguay.

His early interest in art was cultivated mainly by his father, who sent him to the National School of Art in Montevideo at a very young age where he was taught by Professor Esteban Garino.

Castagnet carried on his formal education in art at the Fine Arts University, where Miguel Angel Pareja was his oil painting tutor. Castagnet migrated to Australia in 1983, and lived there enjoying the cosmopolitan and forward-looking attitude of that country for 20 years.