Antonio Valdivieso

ANTONIO VALDIVIESO (Granada, 1918 - Madrid, 2000).
"Still life".
Gouache on paper.
Signed.
Measurements: 33,5 x 24 cm; 53,5 x 44 cm (frame).

This still life is articulated from simplified volumes and marked contours, in which the objects are integrated in a space structured by superimposed planes. The whole reveals an interest in geometric construction and in the purification of the traditional still life motif, reinterpreted from a contemporary and poetic sensibility.

Valdivieso was trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Granada, and was part of the group of painters of the old Buchholz gallery in Madrid, where he exhibited regularly both individually and collectively. Between 1951 and 1952 he lived in Paris, and later collaborated with the architect Fernandez del Amo in the Plan of the National Institute of Colonization, making several stained glass windows for churches in Madrid, Lleida and Valladolid. He is currently represented at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.