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1923 Santander (Cantabria), Spain - 1994 Paris, France. Known for: Materially expressive, color-driven painting that merges pigment with natural elements and expands beyond traditional pictorial supports.
Ángel Alonso (1923–1994), exiled in France from 1947, occupies a singular place within contemporary painting. A close collaborator and friend of the philosopher María Zambrano, he developed an... Read full biography
Ángel Alonso (1923–1994), exiled in France from 1947, occupies a singular place within contemporary painting. A close collaborator and friend of the philosopher María Zambrano, he developed an artistic career marked by radical expressiveness and a profound material exploration—qualities that... Read full biography
Ángel Alonso (1923–1994), exiled in France from 1947, occupies a singular place within contemporary painting. A close collaborator and friend of the philosopher María Zambrano, he developed an artistic career marked by radical expressiveness and a profound material exploration—qualities that resonate strongly throughout his oeuvre. As art historian Francisco Jarauta notes, Alonso mastered with great assurance the pictorial matter and technique he himself had forged, enabling him to embody in... Read full biography
Ángel Alonso (1923–1994), exiled in France from 1947, occupies a singular place within contemporary painting. A close collaborator and friend of the philosopher María Zambrano, he developed an artistic career marked by radical expressiveness and a profound material exploration—qualities that resonate strongly throughout his oeuvre. As art historian Francisco Jarauta notes, Alonso mastered with great assurance the pictorial matter and technique he himself had forged, enabling him to embody in his works the colours that most intensely preoccupied him. His relationship with colour was both conceptual and tactile: he approached it through texture, pushing beyond the traditional limits of the canvas and merging it with natural elements such as... Read full biography
Ángel Alonso (1923–1994), exiled in France from 1947, occupies a singular place within contemporary painting. A close collaborator and friend of the philosopher María Zambrano, he developed an artistic career marked by radical expressiveness and a profound material exploration—qualities that resonate strongly throughout his oeuvre. As art historian Francisco Jarauta notes, Alonso mastered with great assurance the pictorial matter and technique he himself had forged, enabling him to embody in his works the colours that most intensely preoccupied him. His relationship with colour was both conceptual and tactile: he approached it through texture, pushing beyond the traditional limits of the canvas and merging it with natural elements such as earth, wood, stones, and various objects incorporated directly into the work. As Marset observes, “the colour surpasses the canvas, overflows... Read full biography
