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Antonio
López García
Antonio López García
was born in Tomelloso, Spain in 1936.
He lives and works in Madrid.
This guy is simply
the best. Ironically, there seems to be a
humility to his gaze which ultimately separates his work
from the vast majority of contemporary realist art.
Josefina, 1950, penicl on paper, 16 x 14 in.
(done when the artist was 13 years old)
Woman on the Beach, 1959, charcoal & pencil on paper,
41 x 72 in
Carmencita Playing, 1960, oil on board, 107 x 150 cm
Carmencita in Her
First Communion Dress,
1960, oil on board, 39 x 32 in
Dead Dog, 1963, oil on board, 29 x 39 in.
The Window, 1966, oil on board, 64 x 48 in
Maria, 1972, penicl on paper, 28 x 21 in
The Table, 1971-80, oil on panel, 89 x 101cm
Home of Antonio López
Torres, 1972-75, pencil
on paper
The best resource
on Antonio López García is the (out-of-print) Rizzoli
monograph.
It is worth searching for: if you find it, buy it.
Ediciones Poligrafa has published a volume titled "Antonio
Lopez" as part of a series on 20th century artists.
An excellent article
on Antonio López García can be found in the October,
1993
issue of Art in America.
There is a good introductory
article by Jason Edward Kaufman on-line:
Antonio
López García: Timeless Realism in a Spanish Key
Antonio López García
is represented by Marlborough
Gallery, Madrid & New York.
All images on this page
are copyright Antonio López García.
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