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Rafael Coronel
Fantastic Rafael Coronel Mixed Media 1961

1961

About the Item

"Untitled" is a dramatically placed individual who appears to be withdrawing into herself surrounded by a soft pinkish color. She has a sad look in her non-reflective eyes. This painting is in the style of Rafael in which his subjects are located at the surface of blank, solid colored backgrounds. He was from Mexico and the son-in-law of Diego Rivera. His representational paintings have a melancholic sobriety, and include faces from the past great masters, often floating in a diffuse haze. There are some paintings of his own in Mexico and in other countries. In what was the convent of San Francisco De Almoloyan De Asis (a building from the 16th century), located in Zacatecas, there is a museum named after him; in this museum, his vast mask collection is shown. For 20 years Rafael worked in his uncle's workshop where it is said he made his best work. He lived in Cuernavaca in a house surrounded by a wall full of graffiti that appears to protect a vacant lot. On the occasion of his 80th birthday in September 2011 Fine Arts opened in "retro-futuristic", an exhibition of 109 works that Coronel created 18 that year. These works break with earlier work by Coronel, because "in the same figuration, there are some decrepit characters. He puts the focus on the end of life, of women and men in old age. This is different, because we are used to seeing old age redeemed; in these tables, old age is presented as decline, an aspect never explored", said Juan Coronel Rivera, the son of the artist. All stages in the creative life are represented in Coronel's retrofuturism not just the time when performing works closely related to Spanish painting, as most of the audience remembers. In the collection there are also sculptures, drawings and works that have never been exhibited. Retrofuturism also has been presented at the Museo Rafael Coronel in Zacatecas and Monterrey MARCO. Without the frame the piece measures 43.50" h x 27" w.
  • Creator:
    Rafael Coronel (1932 - 1985, Mexican)
  • Creation Year:
    1961
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 49.5 in (125.73 cm)Width: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Detroit, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU128617234742

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