Fernando Llort Choussy

Fernando Llort Choussy (7 April 1949 – 10 August 2018) was a Salvadoran artist, often dubbed "El Salvador's National Artist" by the Foundation for Self Sufficiency in Central America (now called EcoViva).

Fernando Llort was a man of passion, spirituality, religion, and community. He was also an idealist. Llort visited two seminaries, one in La Ceja a small town in Medellin, Colombia, another Toulouse, France, but eventually decided against priesthood, as his calling and passion for art was much stronger.

He is known for teaching the citizens of the small town of La Palma, Chalatenango, how to make a living through art. His style is colorful and often childlike; it can be compared to that of Joan Miró and in some instances to that of Pablo Picasso.

Llort was always creating from a young age, whether it was ceramics with his master César Sermeño, or using musicality as a means of expression, Llort was not shy of exploring many artistic practices.

In 1973 Fernando Llort married Estela Chacón in La Palma, Chalatenango where they would live and raise their family from 1973 to 1979, until they moved to San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador during the beginning of the Civil War (1979-1992).

Llort and Cachón had three children: Juan Pablo, a chemical engineer; Angel Fernando, a musician; and Maria Jose who manages much of Fernando Llort's business.

Fernando Llort died on 10 August 2018.

Education Fernando Llort started his post secondary education at the University of El Salvador in the early 1960s where he studied architecture, Afterwards, Llort spent the next three years studying in France at the University of Toulouse, graduating with a Bachelors of Philosophy, Llort himself launched the project to establish the Center for Comprehensive Development