Juan Lovera

His father was the Chandler of Caracas Cathedral and he received his first art lessons at the Dominican convent of San Jacinto.

Two years later, when Caracas was invaded by the army of José Tomás Boves, he fled to Cumaná.

In 1821, Carlos Soublette offered him the position of Corregidor, which he reluctantly accepted and, one year later, was promoted to Alcalde ordinario.

He was also an associate of General Francisco de Paula Avendaño (1792-1870), who established Venezuela's first lithographic workshop in 1828.

The Caracas art society, founded after his death in 1841, was partly inspired as a way of honoring his memory.