Full name: Enrique Gerardo Galdos Rivas

Date of birth: July 2, 1933.

Hobby: Singing bolero and tango.

Motto: Let’s laugh, sing and drink.

If I were not an artist: I would have been: an architect

Places where he has lived besides Lima: Argentina and Brazil.

Nickname: “The magician of color”

Favorite technique: Oil on canvas.

Anecdotes: Thousands, I would like to compile them in a book.

Humor: Part of my life.

Singing: A feeling.

Favorite color: Red.

He prefers to paint: Everything that surrounds my life.

Innovation: To create.

Preferred place to stay: My atelier.

Public: Shared

Galdos Rivas, 10 years from now: Keep being happy.

I Prize School of Fine Arts of Lima, 1959

II Prize Municipality of Lima, 1960

II Prize “Feria de Octubre”, 1960

Honorable Mention, Salon Hebraica 1963

Honorable Mention, VII Biennial of Sao Paulo (Brazil), 1963

V Prize, II American Biennial of Art, Cordova (Argentina) 1964

I Prize Salon Municipal of San Isidro, 1964

I Prize Gulf & South American Steamship Co.

II Prize Egresados de Bellas Artes (Argentina scholarship), 1967

II Prize Bienestar Social y Arte, 1968

Honorable Mention, VI Salon Grabado ICPNA, 1970

I Prize Sesquicentenario de Lima, 1971

Selected for Peru, Prize Cristobal Colon, Madrid, 1984

Emeritus Professor, National School of Arts, 1995

Tribute to his artistic labor, Stella Maris Association, 2003