Bidspirit auction | Alexis Hinsberger Martínez (1907-1996) -
Alexis Hinsberger Martínez (1907-1996) - The Ancestor - Painting by the artist of the Second Spanish Republic Alexis Hinsberger (1907-1996), painter and sculptor born in Cartagena, who studied in Barcelona, moved to France, and died there. He was a defender of the anti-Franco regime, in whose work his role as a designer of posters for the Second Spanish Republic stands out: https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/37/01/40perezmoreno.pdf This painting depicts an antique horse-drawn carriage located inside a chicken coop. Signed in the lower right corner ”Hinsberger” and titled and re-signed on the reverse: ”L'aieul / HINSBERGER”. With a contemporary wooden frame. Provenance: Coca Collection. Dimensions: 59.5 x 70 cm (frame); 50.5 x 61.5 cm (canvas) A work of his on a similar subject, a horse-drawn carriage inside a henhouse, was auctioned at: Durán Auctions of Art, Madrid, Spain; October 23, 1991, lot 485, painting 'Still Life', oil on canvas, 60 x 74 cm, signed in the lower right corner, reproduced on page 33 of his catalog, hammer price €351: https://es.artprice.com/artista/13553/alexis-hinsberger/pintura/91555/naturaleza-muerta?p=13