José de Guimarães was born in 1939 in Portugal. He is considered one of the main Portuguese plastic artists of contemporary art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture, and other... Read full biography
José de Guimarães was born in 1939 in Portugal. He is considered one of the main Portuguese plastic artists of contemporary art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture, and other creative activities. He traveled through Europe between 1961 and 1966, getting to know the work of old... Read full biography
José de Guimarães was born in 1939 in Portugal. He is considered one of the main Portuguese plastic artists of contemporary art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture, and other creative activities. He traveled through Europe between 1961 and 1966, getting to know the work of old masters and completing his degree in Engineering. His career "would be defined by the discovery of distant and unusual regions, from Africa to Japan, from Mexico to China. Each of these cultures... Read full biography
José de Guimarães was born in 1939 in Portugal. He is considered one of the main Portuguese plastic artists of contemporary art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture, and other creative activities. He traveled through Europe between 1961 and 1966, getting to know the work of old masters and completing his degree in Engineering. His career "would be defined by the discovery of distant and unusual regions, from Africa to Japan, from Mexico to China. Each of these cultures stimulated him to develop a universal language and to transmit an imaginary universe that, after all, revived the memory of Portuguese history itself, made up of enriching relationships with distant countries". He had a strong involvement with the... Read full biography
José de Guimarães was born in 1939 in Portugal. He is considered one of the main Portuguese plastic artists of contemporary art, having a vast and remarkable work in painting, sculpture, and other creative activities. He traveled through Europe between 1961 and 1966, getting to know the work of old masters and completing his degree in Engineering. His career "would be defined by the discovery of distant and unusual regions, from Africa to Japan, from Mexico to China. Each of these cultures stimulated him to develop a universal language and to transmit an imaginary universe that, after all, revived the memory of Portuguese history itself, made up of enriching relationships with distant countries". He had a strong involvement with the European Capital of Culture, in Guimarães, which saw the birth of the José de Guimarães International Arts Center (CIAJG), integrated in the Arts and Creativ... Read full biography
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