Enrique Castro-Cid

Enrique Castro-Cid was a Chilean-American pop-artist known for his work in the medium of robots and automatons.

Biography Enrique Castro-Cid was born in 1937 in Chile.

Castro-Cid studied at the Universadad de Chile and worked there as an assistant professor, however, noted that it was difficult to make ends meet in that position, as such he accepted a grant from the Organization of American States in 1961 to study in the United States at the New School in New York City.

His art, which largely consisted of plexiglass, wood, and plastic robots, as well as several oil paintings, where positively received by parents and art critics alike both for making art approachable for children, as well as the more mature themes.

Personal life Castro-Cid was described as a "cheerful advocate" for "Dionysian society" believing that labor is not a moral ideal, and that society should be structured around leisure. Castro-Cid was briefly married to Christophe de Menil for three years from 1971 to 1974. After his divorce he moved to Miami in the 1980s. Castro-Cid died in 1992 at the age of 55.