By Marco Aquino LIMA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is painting landscapes while in prison awaiting trial on charges of human rights abuse and corruption, an aide said on Tuesday. "He takes painting classes from two art teachers Monday through Friday," said Congressman Carlos Raffo, a longtime advisor and member of Fujimori's Alliance for the Future Party. "Fujimori has completed some paintings and has not ruled out holding a gallery show." Fujimori, president of Peru from 1990 to 2000, also has pursued other hobbies in the past: planting roses and playing the guitar. The ex-leader goes on trial Nov. 26 on charges he told police squads to carry out two massacres and two kidnappings at a time when Peru was battling the Maoist Shining Path insurgency. The human rights trial, which likely will be televised, will be followed by additional trials on charges of wiretapping political opponents and paying bribes to broadcasters and congressman to consolidate power during his time in office. Fujimori, 69, faces up to 30 years in prison. His third term collapsed in scandals and he resigned by fax while visiting Japan, where his parents were born. Fujimori spent five years in Japan and then flew to Chile, where he was picked up on an international warrant and lived for two years before being extradited to Peru two months ago. He has been held in police custody since arriving in Peru. "I think it's absurd to make the man who defeated subversives stand trial," said Fujimori's daughter Keiko, who is a member of Congress and often talked about as a candidate for president in 2011. (Reporting by Marco Aquino; writing by Terry Wade; Editing by Fiona Ortiz and Bill Trott)
