Venezuelan artist Cristóbal Rojas was born in Cúa inthe Valles de Tuy, a town that was war-torn throughouthis early childhood. His grandfather, José Luis Rojas,taught the child how to draw, but when Cristóbal was 13,his father died, and he began work in a tobacco factory tohelp support his family. In 1878, an earthquake destroyedmuch of the Valles del Tuy region, and Rojas moved toCaracas, where he continued his artistic development underJosé Manuel Maucó at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.From 1880 through 1882, Rojas developed an interestin oil painting, and he captured memories of the impact ofthe 1878 earthquake in some of his early paintings. In Caracas,he also served as the assistant to the now comparablywell-known artist Antonio Herrera Toro and worked withhim on painting the interior of the Caracas Cathedral.
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机译：委内瑞拉艺术家克里斯托瓦尔·罗哈斯（CristóbalRojas）出生于瓦莱德图伊（Valles de Tuy）的库阿（Cúa），这个小镇在整个童年时代就饱受战争摧残。他的祖父何塞·路易斯·罗哈斯（JoséLuis Rojas）教孩子如何绘画，但克里斯托瓦尔（Cristóbal）13岁时，父亲去世了，他开始在烟草厂工作以帮助养家。 1878年，一场地震摧毁了瓦莱德尔图伊地区的大部分地区，罗哈斯搬到了加拉加斯，在委内瑞拉中央大学的何塞·曼努埃尔·莫科（JoséManuelMaucó）的领导下继续他的艺术发展.1880年至1882年，罗哈斯发展了对油画的兴趣，并捕捉了记忆1878年地震对他的早期绘画的影响。在加拉加斯，他还担任过现在比较著名的艺术家安东尼奥·埃雷拉·托罗（Antonio Herrera Toro）的助手，并与他一起绘画了加拉加斯大教堂的内部。
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