Manuel Felguérez, Geometric Art, Acrylic on paper, hand-signed.

Manuel Felguérez, Geometric Art, Acrylic on paper, hand-signed.

Mexico 1973. - S/T ( sin titulo )

Comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Size without frame: 23 cm L x 31 cm W

Size with frame: 43 cm L x 51 cm W

Manuel Felguérez Barra (December 12, 1928 – June 8, 2020) was a Mexican abstract artist, part of the Generación de la Ruptura that broke with the muralist movement of Diego Rivera and others in the mid 20th century.

CareerFelguérez's career included painting, planning sculptures, thirty years as a professor, work in theatre and cinema and handcraft design. He had over 250 individual exhibitions and over 1,500 with other artists. He felt that his most significant work was his sculpted murals and public sculptures.

In 1973 he was made a member of Mexico's Academia de Artes. In 1975 he was granted a Guggenheim fellowship and received the Gran Premio de Honor of the XIII Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil. In 1988 he received the Premio Nacional de Arte. In 1987, he was named an "illustrious citizen" by the state of Zacatecas. In 1988, he received the Premio Nacional de Artes. In 1993, he was designated a Creator Emeritus by presidential decree. In addition, he received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana