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City Square by Francisco Fierro printed on a Hoodie
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Modern fit
It provides a more tailored look than a regular fit
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The fabric and fit of this item are extra comfy
Tear-away tag
Easily removable tear-away tag that allows you to add a custom inside label
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Classic unisex hoodie with a front pouch pocket and matching flat drawstrings. The 100% cotton exterior makes this hoodie soft to the touch.
- 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester
- Charcoal Heather is 60% ring-spun cotton, 40% polyester
- Carbon Grey is 55% ring-spun cotton, 45% polyester
- 100% cotton face
- Fabric weight: 8.5 oz./yd.² (288.2 g/m²)
- Front pouch pocket
- Self-fabric patch on the back
- Matching flat drawstrings
- 3-panel hood
- Tear-away tag
Francisco Fierro (1807–1879)
Francisco Fierro Palas, called “Pancho” Fierro was an Afro-Peruvian painter, known primarily for his costumbrista watercolors, which depict his country’s life and customs.
He was baptized on 5 February 1809, the son of Nicolás RodrÃguez del Fierro, a priest, and a slave from the household of Nicolás’ father, Don Antonio, a Colonel in the Militia Battalion. He had been manumitted upon his birth, following a rule that said no son of a Spaniard could be born a slave, but was raised by his mother’s family.
There is no record of him receiving any artistic training, so he was probably self-taught. He married in 1828 and made his living by painting signs, making posters for bullfights and molding statues for nativity scenes. He also painted wall murals, all of which have been destroyed or covered over.
Today, he is remembered for his watercolors, painted on sign cards, depicting everyday scenes from Peruvian life. He created over 1200 of them and their popularity produced many imitators. The writer Ricardo Palma owned a large collection which his heirs gave to the City of Lima. They are now on display at the Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino. The captions were provided by Palma, as Fierro may have been illiterate. Other large collections were acquired by the French painter Léonce Angrand and the Russian ethnographer Leopold von Schrenck, whose collection is now at the “Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography” in the Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg.
According to an obituary in El Comercio, he died of paralysis in a hospital on Peruvian Independence Day.
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