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José Antonio Dávila
El cuadragésimo cuarto encuentro
1997

About the Item

El cuadragésimo cuarto encuentro, 1997 Acrylic on canvas 112 x 132 x cm 44 x 51.9 x 0 in. About the Artist Born in New York on January 13, 1935. In 1941 he moved with his family to Caracas. Here he studied at the School of Plastic Arts and Applied Arts of Caracas, since 1948. In 1950, leaving school, he entered the Free Workshop of Art and began as a realistic painter of social, folk and urban themes. Between 1954 and 1956, living in Barquisimeto, he studied at the Martín Tovar and Tovar Arts School with the teacher José Requena, also like him, at that time, painter of social realism. In 1958 he participated in the activities of the Taller de Arte Realista in Caracas. This 1958 begins a long tour of the socialist countries, and visits France, Italy and Spain. In 1966 he was appointed director of the Experimental Art Center of the University of Los Andes, in Mérida, time that takes advantage to make a turn in his pictorial work, now moving to a more synthetic and landscape style, followed by a period when he was influenced by pop art. In 1967 he toured several museums in the United States and in 1971 he returned for a time to New York. He exhibited individually at the Venezuelan Soviet Institute, 1959; Exhibition Hall of the Mendoza Foundation, 1961; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mérida, Mérida state, 1970; Galería Estudio Actual, 1973; Arras Gallery New York, 1974; Galeria Arte Contacto, 1976; Galería Bonino, New York, 1978; Freites Gallery, 1986. Among other rewards he has received: Premio Roma, in the XVIII Salón Oficial de Arte Venezolano, MBA, 1957; Premio Armando Reverón, in the IV Salón Julio T. Arze, Barquisimeto, Lara state; Premio Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo, in the XX Salón Oficial de Arte Venezolano, MBA, 1959.

Creator:
José Antonio Dávila (1935, Venezuelan)
Creation Year:
1997
Dimensions:
Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 51.9 in (131.83 cm)
Medium:
Acrylic
Movement Style:
Constructivist
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1613212746522

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