ESTEBAN VICENTE
19 JULY — 14 AUGUST 2016
ESTEBAN VICENTE PA I NT I N G S 19 9 0 —19 9 9
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CANTO, 1990 Oil on canvas 52 x 64 inches
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HONDO, 1991 Oil on canvas 52 x 67
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INSTANT, 1991 Oil on canvas 33 x 44 inches
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UNITY, 1993 Oil on canvas 40 x 50 inches
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HORIZONTAL, 1994 Oil on canvas 40 x 31 inches
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RADIANT SPACE, 1995 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches
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PRECEPTION, 1996 Oil on canvas 50 x 42 inches
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FLOWER OF FLOWER, 1997 Oil on canvas 42 x 52 inches
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COMPOSITION, 1997 Oil on canvas 52 x 42 inches
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UNTITLED #15, 1997 Oil on canvas 42 x 32 inches
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UNTITLED #2, 1998 Oil on canvas 52 x 42 inches
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PAISAJE, 1999 Oil on canvas 42 x 52 inches
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EXTATICO, 1999 Oil on canvas 52 x 42 1/2 inches
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ESTEBAN VICENTE Spanish born artist Esteban Vicente worked well into his ninth decade far outliving many of his contemporaries. Arriving in America in 1936, he was already an established fixture in New York city’s downtown art community as part of the New York School painters by 1950. A contemporary of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, Vicente played a central role in the evolution of Abstract Expressionism. He worked nearly every day until his death at age 97, always painting in a studio by natural light. Vicente’s paintings are characterized by their spatial patchwork of color. Atmospheric hues question the relationship between center and edge, mass and volume. He sought inspiration from landscapes – first from his native Spain, and later from his garden in Bridgehampton, New York – capturing ever evolving, luminous qualities of light and color found in the natural world. The artist spent a large portion of his career teaching at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC; the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY; and the University of California, Berkeley, CA. Vicente’s works can be found in important collections and museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, among many others. At the end of his life the Spanish government honored Vicente by opening the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente in Segovia.
THIS CATALOGUE COMPLIMENTS THE EXHIBITION AT TAYLOE PIGGOTT GALLERY FEATURING ESTEBAN VICENTE Paintings 1990 -1999 © TAYLOE PIGGOTT GALLERY
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