Apopa
Apopa Location in El Salvador
Coordinates: 13°48′N 89°11′W / 13.8°N 89.183°W / 13.8; -89.183
Country	El Salvador
Department	San Salvador Department
Population
• Total	217,733

Apopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Probably the seventh biggest city in El Salvador with a little more than 150,000 people, the city has now collided with Soyapango and San Salvador, making it part of The Great San Salvador Metro(1,900,000 2010est.)

Toponymy [link]

The toponym Apopa means "A Place with Mist".

Geography [link]

Hydography: The rivers crossing this municipality are Acelhuate, Las Cañas, Guaycume and Tomayate river.

Dimensions: The area is 51.84 km²

Orography: The hills within this municipality are El Sartén and El Guaycume hills.

History of Apopa [link]

According to the mayor corregidor Don Antonio Ulloa Gutierrez, Apopa was one big party town of San Salvador, the neighborhood consisted of 35 individuals Spaniards, 625 Indians and 1.112 ladinos, was grown fruits, sugarcane, maize and rice, cattle are raised in rural areas. The people of Apopa, the Department of San Salvador from June 12 to 1.824, until March 9 to 1.836. On this last date entered in the Federal District of the Republic, Central America whose unit belonged to June 30 of 1.839. Again as a municipality for the Northern District of San Salvador, the dissolution of the Central American Federation.

In a municipal Apopa, dated November 14 of 1.860, this population appears to 2.194 people, accommodated in 247 houses of straw and 79 tiles in the city hall, a more vague in the rural area. Jurisdiction included three farms: The Angel Arrasola San José, San Nicolás. The latter purchased by the Municipal Corporation, to cooperate in their acquisition, the General President of the Republic Don Gerardo Barrios. By Act of January 28 was 1.865 for the Northern District or District and as head Apopa with jurisdiction over populations of Saint Martin, and Nejapa Tonacatepeque. During the administration of Field Marshal Don Santiago Gonzales and Decree dated March 7 of 1.874 was awarded the title of the people of Villa Apopa. The district increased the Apopa was a 1.878 in February, by the incorporation of the municipality of El Paisnal, segregated from Suchitoto. By Act dated March 18 of 1.892, Apopa stopped being head of the former District and became part of the new District Tonacatepeque. During the administration of Jorge Meléndez and Legislative Decree 1.921 of June 7, was conferred the title of the City of Villa Apopa, in reward for the progress it had reached at that time because of the patriotic effort of its inhabitants .

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Coordinates: 13°48′N 89°11′W / 13.8°N 89.183°W / 13.8; -89.183

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Noe Canjura (Apopa, El Salvador, August 14, 1922 - Morienval, France, September 29, 1970) was a Salvadoran painter and a prominent figure in 20th century modern art in France.

First steps [link]

Noe Canjura was born in 1922, in Apopa a village in the Republic of El Salvador in Central America, to a family of landless peasants of humble origin. By the time of his decease he was recognized as one of the leading landscape, still life and figure painters of France.

As a youth Canjura was raised in intimate contact with the struggle of wrestling a livelihood from the infertile soil of his native village.

To pay part of his expenses and to lighten the weight of the sacrifices his father made to keep him in school, Canjura worked in a sawmill and often spent the night there, sleeping on bare boards.

His talent for drawing came to light when he was seventeen years old and, without knowing how or why, his adventure in the art world began. He first studies painting at the Academy of Painting of Valero Lecha in San Salvador (1942–1946).

Beginning in 1942 Canjura took part in all of the group exhibitions throughout El Salvador and several years later was exhibiting in Guatemala.

In 1948 he travelled to Mexico City to continue his studies, there he was strongly influenced by Diego Rivera, who with Orozco and Siqueiros, was at the height of his fame. Gradually Rivera’s influence lessened and Canjura turned to the art of Gauguin, gaining from him the idea of formal order in painting and the use of curves.

The same year had his first exhibition in the United States.

Life in Paris [link]

Canjura’s career changed dramatically in 1949 when he went to France to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts for special studies in the technique of fresco painting, on grant issued by his government. While in Paris the work of Courbet and Le Nain had strong attraction for him, though he clung to subjects that depicted the somber life and harsh soil of his native country.

He had his first one-man show in Paris in 1953 and since then France became his adopted country. Life in Paris was difficult, and like many others, he had to undertake various forms of manual labor to make a living.

Having married Madeleine Bachelet an artist like himself, life was made easier and he was enabled to be more dedicated to his art. Within himself still remained great controversy as to his ability as a painter, perfectionist that he was.

The strong influence of his years in Paris was very apparent when he returned briefly to El Salvador in 1957. He saw his country through different eyes and from then on color and light became more and more part of his work. Canjura’s painting is now a synthesis of the many influences which have deeply marked his character as well as his art. His canvases are both dramatic and wistful; powerfully composed yet detailed with great subtlety; always simplified planes of color which at first suggest abstractions.

The fact that in six years between 1959 and 1965 the City of Paris purchased four of his paintings for its permanent collection is an indication of his standing in the Paris art world and the steady development of his work.

Canjura was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon de la Jeune Peinture. He exhibited regularly and with unquestioned popularity in the important salons of Paris: especially, he was invited every year in Maurice Boitel's group in the Salon "Comparaisons". His paintings have been purchased for the collections of the French State, the National Museum of El Salvador (later transferred to the Museum of Art of El Salvador MARTE), and the Hamishka Leomanouth Museum at Ein Harod in Israel. In 1965 he was awarded the coveted “Prune d’Argent” of the Salon Peintres de Provence.

Death and legacy [link]

Noe Canjura died in Morienval, France on September 29, 1970 at the age of 48. He was buried at the church's cemetery in Notre Dame de Morienval, Direct survivors include his daughter, Leticia Canjura and his granddaughter Vilma Borden, both residing in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Together with Julia Díaz, Raúl Elas Reyes, Rosa Mena Valenzuela, Canjura is an icon in El Salvador of the greatest art school movement of his generation. He also symbolizes the human capacity for reinventing himself from a humble barefoot young art student to a powerful creator of his own existence in an international environment.

Mr. Wally Findlay, president of the galleries, once, said: “The young artist in a very short time would achieve the stature of such contemporary artists as Bernard Buffet and Nicola Simbari”.

References[link]

• Wally Findley Galleries pamphlet from Noe Canjura's exhibition / Wally F. Galleries, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. / Date: Not available / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.
• “Noe Canjura Paintings to Preview at Findlay” Article / Magazine: Not available / New York, N.Y., U.S.A. / Date: March, year: Not Available / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.
• “Art by Canjura Receives Praise” Article by: Sandra Rosseau / Magazine: Not available / New York, N.Y., U.S.A. / Date: March, year: Not Available / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.
• Newspaper Article from “La Prensa Grafica”, El Salvador / Date: August 27, 1968 / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.
• Newspaper Article from “El Diario de Hoy”, El Salvador / Date: August 27, 1968 / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.
• Newspaper Article from “El Diario de Hoy”, El Salvador / Date: September 10, 1968 / Material provided by Mrs. Leticia Canjura.

External links [link]

• Museum of Art of El Salvador MARTE
• Spanish Version - Version en Español
• French Version - Version française
• German Version - Deutsche Version
• Notre Dame de Morienval
• Noe Canjura - Video