Miguel Conde

Gesturing Man and Hidden Head

1987

Miguel Condé, is a superb Mexican figurative painter, draftsman and etcher. His work reflects the dualities of his personal life. Born in 1939 in the United States to an American father and a Mexican mother, he spent time in both countries before moving to Spain in 1969. Condé creates etchings with strong classical themes reflecting his personal and literary influences. Themes featured in his prints are often inspired by Greek literature and Renaissance portraiture. Condé fuses the traditional imagery he employs to a robust modernist style that suggests Picasso's Minotauromachy. He is self-taught, with the exception of anatomy studies with Stephen Rogers Peck in New York and etching techniques in Stanley William Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Latin American Fellowship, and has been awarded various international prizes. as well as being an appointed member of the Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français. Selected Public Collections: The Museum of Modern Art in New York, University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid Albertina in Vienna Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris Cleveland Museum of Art Blanton Museum of Art in Austin