Julio Pomar

JULIO POMAR CULEBRAS (Lisbon, 1926-2018).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy P.A. 35/50.
Signed, dated and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 60 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio Lopez to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by the critics.
Julio Pomar Culebras was trained at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon and Oporto and it was in the latter city where he began his artistic career with a solo exhibition in 1947. Later he participated in solo and group exhibitions, mainly in Portugal, but also in Paris. Between 1945 and 1957 his painting was essentially figurative, being one of the main representatives of Portuguese Neorealism. Later his work evolved in other directions.