MID-CENTURY MODERN Painting ~ MEXICAN MODERNISM ~ 1952 Doves LISTED ARTIST

Description: A fine framed mid-century painting from Mexican modernist painter Juan Chamizo (1921-2017). It is an oil on masonite signed and dated for 1952 in the lower left. The work measures 8 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches and it framed in a Mid-Century Modern hardwood frame with a wide linen liner, outside dimensions are 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches. Frame has typical scuffs and chips, linen liner has abrasions and a stain in lower left. Painting is in excellent condition. Below is posted a translation of the Juan Chamizo obituary published in 2017 by the Mexican news magazine "Proceso": MEXICO CITY (proceso.com.mx).- Juan Chamizo, one of the last painters of the generation of Spanish exiles in Mexico and considered an artist who “loved light,” has died at the age of 95. Chamizo was born in 1921 and began painting in his hometown of Seville at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1936 until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), when his parents went into exile in Mexico and five years later brought the aspiring artist and his brothers here. Here he entered the Academy of San Carlos in the early 1940s, and between 1945 and 1946 he studied with another exiled painter, José Bardasano, and later with Juan Eugenio Mingorance. Around 1955 he founded the “Jardín del Arte” with other artists, where he exhibited his works due to the difficulty of accessing galleries. The experience helped him to create his own space in the sixties, which was run by his wife Amelia Sainz Bablot, and which functioned as a gallery and even exhibited works by artists such as Francisco Goitia. Later, Chamizo exhibited in the United States (Los Angeles, Detroit, Florida, Texas); Canada (Toronto), and Spain (at the Madrid Autumn Salon). According to specialists, his work was characterized by being “abstract-figurative,” and by combining pre-Hispanic culture – giving priority to light and life through “Tonatiuh,” the Sun God of the Aztec and Mixtec cultures – with his Spanish roots present through the colors. In his works we can appreciate markets, bulls, bird watchers, harlequins, flower sellers, children, musicians, Quixotes and figures related to architecture. In 2012, during a talk about an exhibition dedicated to Chamizo’s work at the Department of Historical Studies of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, art historians Rafael López Guzmán and Yolanda Guasch Mari highlighted the artist’s work, marked by an imagination with diverse themes that allowed him to experiment with different styles and forms. In an interview, Chamizo spoke of his painting and his artistic influences: “My painting is a touch of all the artists: Rembrandt in the chiaroscuro; El Greco in the stylization of the figures; the impressionists in the light.” And about Mexicans: “The only one who could have influenced me, considering him the best artist that Mexico has had, is Rufino Tamayo. He is a complete artist, the most complete if possible, for his strength, for his compositions, his perspective or his volumes.”

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Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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