Antonio Segui
Today he is known as a master painter and printmaker, had to be convinced by Ernesto Farina to abandon his career in law for one in the arts. Though he began working in conceptual and expressionist veins, Seguí eventually turned towards Art Informel. Influenced by Fernand Léger and Diego Rivera, Seguí began to use his artwork as social criticism and satire. He became best known for his images of cities and their inhabitants, rendered in a flat style. Seguí’s paintings often feature a recurring character—an urban passerby in an overcoat and hat—meant to represent the anonymous everyman, though many have suggested it may be a loose self-portrait. His compositions are sometimes layered with many overlapping figures and buildings, such that patterns emerge from the compositional chaos. (artsy.net)
Bernardo Salcedo
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Carlos Cruz Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez was an artist and member of the Op Art movement whose work focuses on the kinetic energy of color. He was born on August 17, 1923, in Caracas, Venezuela, traveling to Paris where he became interested in the colors of the European countryside as they differed from his home country. Upon his return to Caracas, he opened a studio and began to investigate kinetic and optical forms of art— the former especially, which had formed into a movement in Caracas, thanks to artists such as Jesús Rafael Soto and Alejandro Otero. Cruz-Diez's work is based on the moiré effect, in which lines of contrasting color give the impression of movement, best exemplified in his Physiochrome series. For a time, he taught kinetic technique at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and later work as the director of art for the Institute for Advanced Studies in Caracas. In 1997, his home city honored the artist when they opened the Carlos Cruz-Diez Print and Design Museum. In 2002, he was awarded by France the medal for Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. The artist passed away on July 27, 2019, in Paris, France. (Artnet)
Correspondence 2020
The collection "Correspondence 2020" features over 40 works of art that express the essence of Lamassonne's autobiographical style. These works are supported with correspondence through postcards from different places in the world recreating the places where the artist lived - Bogotá, Paris, Cali, Roma, New York and Atlanta. What makes it especially engaging is how the collection serves as an inverted diary written with the impressions of others. The correspondence of the past recalls and engenders visions from now. The results are imprints that cite evocation and nostalgia.
Cundo Bermudez
Cuondo Bermudez was a Cuban painter known for his colorful depictions of figures and patterns. In works such as The Balcony (1941) and Barber Shop (1942), Bermúdez conveyed themes of his country in a uniquely surreal fashion. Born on September 3, 1914, in Havana, Cuba, he attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in San Alejandro before a brief period in Mexico City, where he admired the mural works of Diego Rivera. By the 1940s, the artist had already achieved international recognition and was the subject of exhibitions in America, Europe, and South America. Disillusioned with Fidel Castro’s government, in the 1960s he emigrated to Puerto Rico, where he lived for the next three decades. He would relocate again to the United States in 1996. Bermúdez died at the age of 94, on October 30, 2008, in Miami, FL. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, and the Kendall Art Center in Miami, among others. (Artnet)
Felix Angel
Felix Angel is a Colombian Postwar & Contemporary artist. Their work was featured in an exhibition at the Adah Rose Gallery. Felix Angel's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $500 USD to $2,700 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is $2,700 USD for Untitled, sold at Bonhams San Francisco in 2007. (mutualart.com)
Omar Rayo
Omar Rayo was a Colombian artist best known for his geometric abstract paintings. Associated with the Op Art movement, Rayo distorted and overlapped forms to create a sense of vibrating light and volumetric shapes. “In my works I use the red and black as dominant colors. The red color was used by Pre-Columbian tribes in the same manner as we use black in the contemporary western culture,” he said of his palette. “I found the red color in the shadows and used it as black.” Born on January 20, 1928 in Roldanillo, Columbia, Rayo spent much of his time in New York during the 1960s and 1970s, where he met his future wife the poet Águeda Pizarro. Over the course of his life, Rayo gained widespread prominence and acclaim, including a retrospective exhibition at the National Room of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Before his death on June 7, 2010 in Palmira, Colombia, Rayo helped found the Museo Rayo de Dibujo y Grabado Latinoamericano in his hometown of Roldanillo. (Artnet)
Oswaldo Guayasamin
Oswaldo Guayasamín was an Ecuadorian artist whose work is characterized by its Cubist-styled depictions of Latin American people. The artist focused especially on portraying the rampant oppression, poverty, and political strife he witnessed growing up in the region. Born on July 6, 1919, in Quito, Ecuador to parents of Quechua descent, Guayasamín showed a passion for art from an early age and went on to attend the School of Fine Arts in Quito. The artist’s subsequent rise to prominence came about with his exhibition at the Salón Nacional de Acuarelistas y Dibujantes in 1948. Followed by shows at the São Paulo Biennial, the Luxembourg Palace in Paris, and the Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires. Guayasamín is considered by some to be a national hero. His legacy includes the completion of La Capilla del Hombre, a chapel remembering the mistreatment of indigenous peoples in Latin America. During his life, Guayasmín befriended the famed writers Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Pablo Neruda. He once said “Mantengan encendida una luz que siempre voy a volver,” or "Keep a light burning for I will always return.” Although he sadly passed away on March 10, 1999, in Baltimore, MD, his murals can be seen at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and at Adolfo Suárez Airport in Madrid. (Artnet)
Tomás Sánchez
Tomás Sánchez is a Cuban painter. Best known for his detailed and idealized nature scenes, his work is characterized by its contemporary interpretation of landscape painting. Sánchez manages to depict the sociopolitical landscape of Cuba through his intricately rendered waterfalls, islands, and plant life, exploring issues of globalization and spirituality in the face of overwhelming change. His paintings are Surrealist and symbolic, with his style often compared to the work of Caspar David Friedrich and the Hudson River School. Sánchez’s landscapes are always pristine and devoid of human presence, giving his work an otherworldly quality, as seen in expansive landscapes such as Orilla En La Noche Clara (1993). Born in Aguada de Pasajeros, Cuba on May 22, 1948, he went on to study at the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro and the National Art School between 1964 and 1971. Sánchez quickly rose to prominence in the international art world, receiving the Joan Miró Prize in 1980 and the Amelia Peláez Award in 1984 for his work in Havana’s first Biennial. His work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Fine Art in Havana, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, and the Galería Expoarte in Panama City, among others. (Artnet)