Esteban Vicente
Esteban Vicente
Turégano,(Segovia) Spain 20th January of 1904 - New York, 11th January of 2001)
Biography:
Is the only Spanish artist belongs to the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. He settled in U.S. since he left there in 1936 when civil war broke out in Spain, the early 50's began using the technique of collage. For Jose Maria Parreno, deputy director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Esteban Vicente, Segovia from where the works of the exhibition and author of one of the texts of the catalog, "Esteban Vicente's uniqueness in the context of American abstract expressionism is its best embodiment in the collages. So I think it is holding an exhibition dealing with a minor facet of his creation, on the contrary. I would say that although an excellent painter, his collages achieve the rank of exceptional. In its brilliant use of color, in humble materials, in strict spatial equilibrium is summarized their language. and are a key part of the bridge that leads from the European leg of his figuration and early Americans until 1939, about the radical abstraction with which, a decade later, will become part of the New York School. " Besides the test of Jose Maria Parreno, the catalog includes an article by Elaine de Kooning, "Vincent paints a collage," published in Art News, in September 1952.
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