Brief Biography-Teofilo Castillo was from Huaraz in Peru and moved to Lima at the age of four. He was taught painting at an early age by a Cuban artist named Boudat Ducollier who worked for his father. He later traveled to France and Italy where he was influenced by religious art. On his return, he married Maria Gregoria in Argentina, where they stayed and had eight children. In Argentina he made a prosperous living from photography and painting portraits. In 1905, he moved to Lima where he set up the "La Escuela de Bellas Artes" The School of Fine Arts. He returned to Argentina shortly afterwards where he settled for the rest of his life; there he set up the magazine "Sal y Nieve" Salt and Snow.