José de Guimarães

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José de Guimarães (2019)
Sculpture on April 25th Square in Lisbon

José Maria Fernandes Marques (born November 25, 1939 in Guimarães ), also known under the pseudonym José de Guimarães , is a Portuguese visual artist.

Guimarães studied painting with Teresa de Sousa , design with Gil Teixeira Lopes and engraving with the Sociedade Cooperativa de Gravadores Portugueses .

biography

In 1957 de Guimarães joined the Military Academy and began studying engineering at the Technical University of Lisbon . In 1958 he began his artistic training and took lessons from the painter Teresa de Sousa and the draftsman Gil Teixeira Lopes . He also studied engraving at the cooperative of Portuguese engravers.

He toured Europe between 1961 and 1966 and learned about the work of the old masters, including the works of Rubens . In 1965 he completed his engineering degree.

De Guimarães traveled to many countries between Africa and Japan and from Mexico to China. In the process, he got to know unusual regions. These experiences made him develop a universal language. In his memories he sees Portugal in relation to distant countries.

José de Guimarães is considered one of the leading Portuguese contemporary art artists, with extensive and notable work in painting, sculpture and other creative activities. Many of his works are exhibited in several European museums as well as in the USA, Brazil, Canada, Israel and Japan.

De Guimarães was heavily involved in the “Cultural Capital of Guimarães” in Portugal, where the international art center “José de Guimarães (CIAJG)” was created, which was integrated into the platform for art and creativity. De Guimarães designed a commemorative coin that was minted by the national central bank.

In 1990 he was awarded the rank of commander and the order of "Dom Henrique de Avis" by the then President of the Republic of Portugal, Mário Soares .

Works

  • O Amolador (1963)
  • Domadora de Crocodilos (1977)
  • Inês de Castro (1980)
  • Nú Descendo a Escada (1980)
  • Camões e D. Sebastião (1980)
  • Naufrágio de Camões (1980)
  • Camoes (1981)
  • Serpente (1983)
  • Cartas de Jogar (1983)
  • Malabarista (1983)
  • D. Sebastião (1985)
  • Camoes (1985)
  • Rei D. Pedro (1985)
  • Pássaro (1985)
  • Fernando Pessoa (Frente e Verso) (1985)
  • O Falcão (1988)
  • Logotipo para o ICEP (1993) J.
  • Prémio Orwell 1984: Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (1984)
  • Grand Prix: 9ª Exposição Bienal de Artes Plásticas, Barcelona (1986)

Collections

José de Guimarães is considered one of the main collectors of African tribal art and a scholar of ancient cultures.

Raquel Henriques da Silva said of de Guimarães:

"José de Guimarães, owner of a huge collection of African art that has been shown in several countries (Brazil, Spain, Portugal) says: that he collects, that he is related to his work, but it is obvious that it is the devices that are of interest mainly as primitivism, integrated community art and participation in it that guarantees: fertility, health, death or exorcism, the celebration of the gods, fraternity in complicity with animals.

Between the mythical past of pre-colonial Africa, where the modernist cultures of Europe of 1900 and the creative frenzy of immense contemporary peripheries show that there are no substantial connections to sharing and belonging in which the artist continues to question and provoke. And yes, because that is also their culture, even if it comes from the small periphery of Portugal, the open sea, with the values ​​of mestizaje. "

As a collector, José de Guimarães says: "My main goal as a collector is not just to collect. There is another side that is made with the recognition and respect for a different culture than Portuguese. Portugal sailed through the oceans and found new worlds, mixed and created new visions - to a certain extent my artistic work has followed these indications of past sailors by bringing the cultures of other regions closer together to admire and make me want to see and appreciate them as precisely as through their art. "

Solo exhibitions

  • 1964 Galeria Convívio, Guimarães , Portugal; Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (SNBA)
  • 1968 Museu de Angola , Luanda, Angola
  • 1969 Galeria Convívio, Guimarães; Galeria Árvore, Porto
  • 1972 Galeria do CITA, Luanda
  • 1973 Galeria Dinastia, Lisbon
  • 1974 Galeria Dinastia, Porto
  • 1975 Galeria Dinastia, Lisbon; Galeria Dinastia, Porto; Galeria Convívio, Guimarães
  • 1976 Galeria Módulo, Porto
  • 1977 Galerie De Groelard, Schilde, Belgium; Gallery VECU, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1978 Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , Lisbon; Galeria Dinastia, Lisbon; Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis , Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Porto; Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores; Galeria De Groerlard, Schilde, Belgium; SNBA, Lisbon
  • 1979 Museu Martins Sarmento, Guimarães; Galerie Maeyaert, Ostend, Belgium; Galerie Le Soleil dans la Tête, Paris
  • 1980 Galeria 111, Lisbon; Galerie G, IN, Amsterdam; VECU Gallery, Antwerp; Teatro Municipal do Funchal, Madeira
  • 1981 Palácio da Cultura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brasil; Fundação Cultural, Brasília; Galerie Bernard Weber, Mannheim, Germany; Galeria da Faculdade Manuel da Nobrega, São Paulo; Galerie Archevêché, Rouen, France; Galeria da Câmara Municipal da Amadora
  • 1982 Galeria Espaço Aberto, Coimbra; Galeria Quetzal, Funchal, Madeira; Centro Cultural deSão Lourenço, Almansil, Portugal; Museu Martins Sarmento, Guimarães; Galerie Toni Brechbuhl, Grenchen, Switzerland
  • 1983 Galleria Del Naviglio, Milan; Galerie L'Oeil de Boeuf, Paris; FIAC Grand Palais, Paris; Galeria Juana Mordó, Madrid; Galeria Árvore, Porto
  • 1984 Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Galeria René Metras, Barcelona; Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem
  • 1985 Centro Cultural de São Lourenço, Almansil
  • 1986 ARCO, Madrid; Museu Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães; Centro Cultural de São Lourenço, Almansil; Galleria Del Naviglio, Milan; Kass-Weiss Gallery, Stuttgart
  • 1987 FORUM, Zurich; Centro Cultural de São Lourenço, Almansil
    • FIAC Grand Palais, Paris
    • Center Culturel Portugais, Paris
    • LINEART, Ghent
    • Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem
  • 1988
    • ARCO, Madrid
    • Kass-Weiss Gallery, Stuttgart
    • Galleria Del Naviglio, Venezia
    • Galeria René Metras, Barcelona
    • Internacional Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
  • 1989
    • Galeria Módulo, Lisboa
    • Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago
    • International Art Fair, Basel
    • Paul Schulz, Flein (Heilbronn), Alemanha
    • Fuji Television Gallery, Tóquio
    • International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles
  • 1990
    • Stockholm Art Fair, Estocolmo
    • Academia Salzburg Residence Gallery
    • Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago
    • Galeria JMGomes Alves, Guimarães
    • Centro Cultural de S.Lourenço, Almansil
  • 1991
    • Salon de Mars, Paris
    • Galeria Módulo, Lisboa
    • Galeria 5, Coimbra
    • Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem
    • Bunkamura Museum Art Gallery, Shibuya, Tóquio
  • 2008
    • Museo Würth La Rioja, España

Museums and art collections with works by José Guimarães

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personal data
SURNAME Guimarães, José de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marques, José Maria Fernandes (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Guimarães