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From this Friday, December 15, 2023, The Central Reserve Bank (PCR) Circulate the new S/200 bill. The new portrait is of Peruvian Tilsa Suchia Castillo, whose face will replace the image of Saint Rose of Lima.
Who is Tilsa Suchia?
Tilsa Suchia Fort He was born in 1928 in Supei, Sangke Province. She is the daughter of a Japanese diplomatic doctor. Yoshigoro TsuchiyaCame to Peru in 1905, and Maria Luisa CastilloA Peruvian with Chinese roots.
She learned to draw at a very young age. He started his studies in 1947 Lima’s National School of Fine ArtsBut her father died the same year and her mother died two years later, forcing her to stop studying.
After having the first child, Tilsa Tsuchiya He set up a glass engraving and framing workshop with his brother Wilfredo.
However, Tilsa Tsuchiya He continued his studies in School of Fine Arts And can be distinguished by his unique personality in his own style.
The Engraver and painter, considered one of the most influential figures of the 20th centuryHe returned with honors from the class of 1959, receiving the best gold medal in painting. While still a student, she won second prize at the Municipal Hall in 1957.
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In 1960, Tilsa Tsuchiya He moved to France to study printmaking at the École des Beaux-Arts and Art History at the Sorbonne, where he stayed in the European country until the mid-1970s.
The Peruvian painter was an important figure in the art industry, due to his unique style outside of any art movement.
His work exposed the creative coherence of timeless characters and atmospheres, transformed into elements of fantasy and incorporating aspects of domestic fantasy and mythology combined with European influences.
After divorcing Frenchman Charles Mercier, Tilsa Suchia Fort Returned to Lima. The Peruvian painter, who had two children, died in 1984. Suffered from cancer, aged 55.
What were the influences on Tilsa Tsuchiya’s art?
His first influences were popular culture, social realism and indigenousism. Tilsa TsuchiyaHe personalized them by combining his Japanese origins, Quechua mythology, and the pre-Columbian art that fascinated him.
Allegorical, dramatic or mystical images are part of his vision of the outer universe as a projection of his inner world.
stands out among his extensive pictorial works “Tristan Isolt”, “The Legend of the Red Warrior”, “Pelican”, “The Woman and the Monkey”Among many others.
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How about Tilsa Tsuchiya tickets?
The face of the new bill features a portrait of artist Tilsa Suchia CastilloThe greatest Peruvian artist of the 20th century.
Artist’s design Tilsa Suchia Fort It was developed by the renowned English firm De La Rue International Ltd. and won a design competition organized by it. PCR It was attended by the major banknote printers of the world.
Main color S/ 200 phil es Lavendera, which is printed on cotton and has the same dimensions as current banknotes.
- Front of S/ 200 bill
A picture of our painter and engraver is shown Tilsa Suchia Fort (Supe, Chancay 1928 – Lima, 1984), an outstanding figure in the field of art, for his unique style apart from any artistic movement.
On the left side, in the unprinted area, there is a face watermark Tilsa Tsuchiya and value in numbers within a triangle.
In addition, there is a protruding green security thread that shows moving figures when the bill is turned slightly back and forth.
In the lower right corner is a geometric design printed with color changing ink. As you rotate the bill, the design changes from gold to green, displaying motion effects.
On the right side of the bill, below the numerical value, there is a hidden number, which corresponds to the value 200, which can be seen when the bill is held towards a light source.
The top has relief impressions that are felt to the touch, mainly located in the Purana Central Reserve Bank of PeruValue in letters, numbers and alphabets and registration for the blind located on the left side margin.
- Back of S/ 200 bill
Back of bill Tilsa Suchia Fort It is designed in a vertical format, and shows images of the Cock of the Rock and Flor Bella Apanquina. You can also see the coat of arms and value in numbers and letters in two colors.
The new banknotes also have security features that can be recognized by cash recognition and processing equipment.
What happens to Santa Rosa de Lima tickets?
Tickets S/200 Whose face is that? Santa Rosa de Lima They will continue to circulate like other previous banknotes. However, the bill was definitively withdrawn from circulation Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
Management – Ticket S/ 200
