ARTPAGE AnaLemos

4 de maio de 2017

PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER

1876-1907

Born in Dresden, Germany.

Belonging to an aristocratic family balanced between her rich life and the strong desire for independence, to be an artist.

Once she said "I want to get further, I can hardly wait until I am a real artist."

Studied drawing in private lessons in Bremen, then at St John's Wood Art School in London and also at the Academie Cola Rossi in Paris.

Representative of early expressionism she was a pioneer of modern art and the first woman to paint a full nude self-portrait.

Fascinated by Holbein and Rembrandt drawn to the art culture in Paris became strongly influenced by Cezanne and Gauguin.

In Bremen her home where she spent most of her short life is, since 2007, an art museum and gallery.

She traveled a lot visiting museums in Austria, Scandinavian countries, Switzerland etc.

What more could she give to us if her life could be longer.

"junge mit ziege"

"a woman of poorhouse on the duck pond"

"child with goldfish glass"

"sleeping child", 1902

"self portrait", 1905

"self portrait", 1906

"mother and child"

"moeder met kind", 1907

3 de maio de 2017

PAUL DELVAUX

(1897-1994)

Was born in Antheit, Liège, Belgium.

Studied architecture and then painting in Brussels.

In his career he dabbled in expressionism and impressionism but, later, when he saw the exhibition Minotauro with works from Chirio, Dali and Magritte the surrealism influence came to stay.

In 1946 spent some time in Paris and draw illustrations to Claude Spaak.

Between 1950-1962 was professor of painting at the École Nationale Supérieur d'Architecture in Brussels. And became member of the Commission de Peinture Moderne des Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts in Belgium.

In 1975 an important retrospective of his woks in the Modern Art Museum in Tokyo.

In 1981 met Andy Wharol in Brussels who draw several portraits. At the same time 50 works were exposed in the XVI Bienal of São Paulo.

Among so many exhibitions I was lucky to visit 2 of them. In 1991 at Grand Palais in Paris and in 1997 in Brussels. (I can say, precisely in 20/07/97 because I kept the ticket until now!)

"o espelho"

"pygmallion", 1939

"les courtisanes", 1943

"nymphs bathing", 1938

"night sea", 1976

"bowlers"

"the awakening of the forest", 1939

"girls by the sea", 1928

2 de maio de 2017

DANIEL SEGROVE

Born 1992 in San Francisco, USA.

Graduated from the Academy of Art University in 2014.

He is an emerging mixed media artist, painting with oil as well as mixing mediums like charcoal, acrylic and ink. His work is an human emotion in contrast with serenity.

Besides his young age he is really a mature artist.

He said "My work focuses on my own perspective on life, identity and empathy."

Lives and works in San Francisco.

1 de maio de 2017

COSTA PINHEIRO

(1932-2015)

António Costa Pinheiro nasceu em Moura, Portugal.

Foi para Lisboa ainda miúdo com os pais e estudou na Escola António Arroio.

Recebeu uma Bolsa do Ministério da Cultura da Baviera e parte para Munique onde estuda na Academia de Belas Artes.

Em 1960 fixou-se em Paris como bolseiro da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e aí desfrutou da companhia de Vieira da Silva, Arpad Szenes entre muitos outros.

Foi co fundador do Grupo KWY, pioneiro na integração internacional dos artistas portugueses.

Sofreu perseguição política e chegou a estar preso durante o regime de Salazar, por isso, em 1963 parte para a Alemanha, ficando a viver em Munique. Seguiram-se anos de trabalho muito reconhecido nos meios artisticos alemães.

Já depois de 1974 passou grandes periodos da sua vida no Algarve.

Durante cerca de um década deixa a pintura e dedica-se a práticas conceptuais. E quando retoma a pintura, já em finais dos anos 70, apresentou a sua arte nos dois ciclos "Fernando Pessoa" e "La fenêtre dans ma tête".

Realizou diversas exposições, quer na Alemanha quer em Portugal e na Fundação Gulbenkian duas de caracter retrospectivo (em 1981 e 1989).

A sua exposição "Os Navegadores" aconteceu no Porto já em 2001 e a última, que encerrou no passado dia 3 de Fevereiro, aconteceu na Galeria Trem, em Faro.