Luis Feito López Paintings

Feito. abstract. red. white. black limited edition paintingengraving limited edition painting. framed In this abstract expressionist, engraving, Luis Feito's palette has been simplified to black, red and purple. The dynamic red brushstrokes are reminiscent of oriental art, where an image is reduced to its core. Born in 1929, in Madrid, Luis Feito trained at the Escuela superior de bellas artes de San Fernando, Madrid, in 1950. His early figurative style was followed by an experimentation in Cubism which eventually evolved to abstract expressionism .In 1955, he relocated to Paris to study the avant-garde movement. He remained in close contact with his Spanish contemporaries and was a founding member of the group El Paso in Madrid (1957–60) with artists Rafael Canogar, Juana Francés, Manolo Millares, Manuel Rivera, Antonio Suárez...

LUIS FEITO LÓPEZ Spanish, 1929 ABSTRACTO 1956 signed and dated "FEITO, 1956" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 17-3/4 X 25-3/4 inches (45 X 65 cm.) framed: 24 X 32 (60,5 X 81 cm.) PROVENANCE Sotheby´s Olympia, London Sale date : 26th June 2002 This work of 1956 entitled "ABSTRACTO", within the parameters of automatism with white and ocher colored math surfaces, made with a mixture of oil and sand. In this work, the graphics had already disappeared from Feito's painting, replaced very much in the spirit of the time with an interest focused on the subject. Elements then arise that have to play a very significant role in their evolution, such as circular shapes. Progressively matter begins to focus on nuclei. In 1950 Luis Feito entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando de Madrid, this being a brief figurative period, followed by cubist experimentation. Four years later he made his first individual exhibition with non-figurative trend work, in the Buchholz Gallery, Madrid. He also exhibits at the Santa Fe Gallery (Madrid) .1 From this moment Feito regularly exhibits in the most important cities in the world, such as Madrid, Paris, Milan, New York, Helsinki, Tokyo, Rome, etc. After completing his studies he settled in Paris in 1956, with a scholarship that allows him to study avant-garde painting, which does not prevent him from maintaining his contacts with the group of painters who would later form in the El Paso group. Receive influences from automatism and material painting. In 1957, the formation of the El Paso group took place, of which he was one of the founders, along with the painters Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares and Rafael Canogar, and the writers Manuel Conde and José Ayllón. Subsequently they were joined by painters Manuel Rivera, Manuel Viola and sculptor Martín Chirino...

Original and unique work of Luis FEITO on paper Signed by the artist in pencil Perfect condition . Virtual framework. It is sent without a frame. FEITO LOPEZ, Luis (Madrid, 1929). ...