Daniel Vázquez Díaz
Daniel Vázquez Díaz (January 15, 1882 – March 17, 1969) was a Spanish painter.
Biography
Born in Nerva, Spain, Vázquez Díaz settled in Paris in 1918, where he found cubism to be the ideal form of expression. Unlike other artists such as Juan Gris, he was not an intellectual cubist; he used external forms and the morphology of cubism to redo his language, characterized by the use of sober and gray colors, and by the vigor of his planes.
These characteristics give a special solemnity to his works, considered by some authors to be in the style of
As a professor of mural painting in Madrid, Vázquez Díaz had among his students Salvador Dalí, Jorge Gallardo and Modesto Ciruelos. After the Spanish Civil War, he continued teaching such artists as Rafael Canogar, Agustín Ibarrola and Aarón Piña Mora.
Díaz's paintings are showcased at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid.[1] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
References
- ^ "Museo de Arte Contemporáneo [[Saatchi Gallery]] Official web site". Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "Daniel Vázquez". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
External links
- Scholarly articles in English about Daniel Vázquez Díaz both in web and PDF @ the Spanish Old Masters Gallery
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