(b. Bolivia, 1899; d. 1950).
Guzmán developed a unique type of Indigenism by rendering native peoples and situations in a detailed, genre-like manner. He studied in Spain until 1930, where he was in contact with the artist Julio Romero de Torres, famous for his Symbolist works depicting gypsies and the religiosity of Andalusia. Guzmán adopted Torres' style and converted it into a Bolivian Indigenism. During the 1920's he mixed Art Nouveau and Art Deco with Indigenist imagery gleaned from Symbolism. Upon his return to Bolivia, he painted society portraits and landscapes that included indigenous peoples with exaggerated features. His Inca Princess of 1931 shows a society woman dressed as an noblewoman from Bolivia's Pre-Columbian past. After the Chaco War against Paraguay (1932-1935), Guzmán's style became aggressively Expressionist, as he depicted the suffering of natives in the dry Chaco region. The artist later returned to his Indigenist style, as in the
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