Alfonso Sucasas

ALFONSO SUCASAS (Goiás, 1940 – Ferreira, 2012).
“Volta da Feira, a tribute to Francis Bacon.”
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Titled on the reverse.
Measurements: 81 x 101 cm; 100 x 119 cm (frame).

Drawing on an expressionist-rooted figurative style, Sucasas created a universe populated by sailors, peasants, folk musicians, pilgrims, and scenes linked to Galician traditions. In all of these works, a synthetic treatment of forms, a richly textured painterly quality, and a warm color palette predominate, conferring extraordinary dignity upon his figures.

A leading figure in Galician painting and considered one of the last classics of this discipline in Galicia, Alfonso Sucasas has received numerous posthumous tributes, such as the retrospective at the Novacaixagalicia Cultural Center in Vigo. An unmistakable style and personal worldview—rooted in Galician heritage yet distanced from folkloric clichés—defined his artistic practice. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts. He later continued his training in Madrid and traveled to Venezuela and Brazil, where he lived for several years. In 1968, he returned permanently to Galicia and pursued his career as a painter, initially focusing on socio-political themes before shifting his attention to depicting rural Galicia through gestural and expressionist painting.