COUNTRYMAN. OIL ON CANVAS. VELA ZANETTI, JOSÉ. 1972.
Antiques - Paintings
Reference: ZF1406
Peasant. Oil on canvas. VELA ZANETTI, José. 1972. Signed and dated (lower right area). José Vela Zanetti (Milagros, Burgos, 1913–Burgos, 1999) was a painter best known for his murals. He began his artistic training in León, where he moved with his family and held his first exhibition in 1931. Supported by his father, he spent a few months in Madrid, attending exhibitions and visiting the Prado Museum. Shortly afterward, he received a grant from the Provincial Council of León to visit Italy. As a result of the Spanish Civil War, he emigrated to the Dominican Republic, where he remained until 1960. In Santo Domingo, he co-founded the National School of Fine Arts with other exiled artists. During this period, he held exhibitions and undertook projects in Mexico, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Throughout his life, he received important public commissions, such as the mural inaugurated in 1953 at the United Nations headquarters, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, considered his most important work. Also noteworthy are the historical murals for the Provincial Council of Burgos and the frescoes in the former Ercilia Theater in Barahona, Dominican Republic. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Burgos. In 2001, the Centro Cultural de la Villa in Madrid held a retrospective exhibition of Vela Zanetti's work entitled "Anthological," the most important exhibition to date. Recently, a commemorative exhibition marking the tenth anniversary of his death was held at the Ángeles Penche Gallery in Madrid. His works are held in the collections of the Caja Rural de Burgos and the Vela Zanetti Foundation in León, and murals can be found in various cities in Spain, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Colombia, and Switzerland. In 2013, a major exhibition dedicated to Vela Zanetti's work was held at the Fórum Evolución in Burgos, commemorating the centenary of his birth.
· Size: 83x5x99 cms. int 65x81 cms.
7.500 €
