Bidspirit auction | JOSE DE GUIMARÃES

JOSE DE GUIMARÃES - Original oil on canvas with relief, signed and dated 1989. A major figure in Portuguese contemporary art, José de Guimarães developed an unmistakable plastic language, marked by the influence of African, Asian, and pre-Columbian cultures, creating a symbolic universe of intense colors and ancestral forms. The presented work is an excellent example of this language, where hybrid figures and totemic elements merge into a composition of great visual and expressive force. Executed in 1989, a period of full artistic maturity, this painting highlights the material richness of the oil with relief and the iconography that made the artist internationally recognized, being represented in important museums and public and private collections worldwide.