Luis Feito

Luis Feito

Madrid, 31st October of 1929

 

Biography:

Luis Feito Lopez was born in Madrid on 31 October 1929. He trained at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, which he joined in 1950.

Four years later held his first solo exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery in his hometown, also exhibited in this very city, in Santa Fe Gallery


Thereafter, he began to exhibit regularly in major world cities such as Paris, Milan, New York, Helsinki, Tokyo, Rome.

In 1956, studying in Paris, was influenced by the automatism and the matter paintings, so he worked with pulp oil and sand, in a color palette based on black, white and beige.

In 1957 he founded the El Paso group, along with the painter Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares and Rafael Canogar, and writers Manuel Conde and Jose Ayllon.

For the 70, introduced in his works a fourth color, red, where his work turned to the abstract. By 1975 his work was inclined to geometrization, culminating at the end of these years with his white checkered stage.

Most of his works have no title, and are recognized by a number. Throughout his career he won several awards, including: the Prize of the UNAM in the first Biennial of Paris (1959), David Bright Award at the Venice Biennale XXX. Furthermore, in 1985 he was named Officer of Arts and Letters in France, and in 1993 Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

In 1998 he won the Gold Medal of Fine Arts and became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. In 2001 he won the Critics Award at Estampa, Madrid and the following year the Grand Prix AECA, Arco'02, Madrid.

His work is part of private collections and renowned museums of the world.

 

Exhibitions:

Selected Exhibitions



2006 Galería Argenta, "LUIS FEITO 'SUGERENCIAS' " Valencia



2006 ”Feito 1999-2005”, Sala de Arte Van Dyck, Gijón



2005 “Feito 2003-2005”, Fundación Antonio Pérez, Diputación de Cuenca, Cuenca



2004 Galería Egam, Madrid Galería XIII, Torrelodones, Madrid



2003 Galería Rayuela, Madrid



2003 Museo Nacional de Belas Artes, Río de Janeiro



2003 Galería Bach Quatre, Barcelona



2003 Conjunto Cultural da Caixa de Salvador de Bahia



2003 Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brasil



2002 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid



2002 Galería Egam, Madrid



2002 Casal Solleric, Mallorca



2002 Museo de arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan de Puerto Rico



2001 Galería Antonio Prates, Lisboa



2000 Galería Punto, Valencia



2000 Galería Italia, Alicante



2000 Galería Madrid-Berlín, Berlín



1999 Sala “El Paso”, Centro municipal de la Artes



1997 Sala Luzán, Caja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada, Zaragoza



1990 Galería Soloarte, La Coruña



1963 Galería World House, Nueva York