Page loaded successfully. Showing biography for Ivan Tovar.
Ivan Tovar BIOGRAPHY
Born 1942 San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. Known for: Symbolist, monster-like figure paintings of torture and pain.
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg,... Read full biography
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisboa, New York, and many other places. In 1968, Tovar won the 2nd prize in the Eduardo Leon... Read full biography
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisboa, New York, and many other places. In 1968, Tovar won the 2nd prize in the Eduardo Leon Jimenes contest for a drawing. Critics have described his paintings as neosurrealism, but his compositions display a highly personal symbolic world. As part of a treatment sober, rigorous, clinical,... Read full biography
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisboa, New York, and many other places. In 1968, Tovar won the 2nd prize in the Eduardo Leon Jimenes contest for a drawing. Critics have described his paintings as neosurrealism, but his compositions display a highly personal symbolic world. As part of a treatment sober, rigorous, clinical, and cold under a surgical light, his paintings are open to the flesh, that is life and torture, pain and breathing rose and moved with toothed jaws, steel, metal. What he proposes is a detailed exploration of desire, as if this were some kind of... Read full biography
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisboa, New York, and many other places. In 1968, Tovar won the 2nd prize in the Eduardo Leon Jimenes contest for a drawing. Critics have described his paintings as neosurrealism, but his compositions display a highly personal symbolic world. As part of a treatment sober, rigorous, clinical, and cold under a surgical light, his paintings are open to the flesh, that is life and torture, pain and breathing rose and moved with toothed jaws, steel, metal. What he proposes is a detailed exploration of desire, as if this were some kind of monstrous prehistoric bird.?
Artist Biography
Biography page for Ivan Tovar ((Born 1942)), known for Symbolist, monster-like figure paintings of torture and pain. Showing 1 biographical entries and 0 sample artworks.
Ivan Tovar - Artist Info
About Ivan Tovar
Biography
Ivan Tovar was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic in 1942. In 1963, he travelled to Paris where he resided for 20 years. He has had expositions all over the world in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisboa, New York, and many other places.
In 1968, Tovar won the 2nd prize in the Eduardo Leon Jimenes contest for a drawing. Critics have described his paintings as neosurrealism, but his compositions display a highly personal symbolic world.
As part of a treatment sober, rigorous, clinical, and cold under a surgical light, his paintings are open to the flesh, that is life and torture, pain and breathing rose and moved with toothed jaws, steel, metal. What he proposes is a detailed exploration of desire, as if this were so...But wait, there's more...
Displaying 805 of 789 characters.
Subscriber Members, please Sign In for full artist biographies and all services.
For non-paying users, good news! Full text bios for all artists are available every Friday.
If you are not currently a member, please See Details about membership.