Null Ismael de LA SERNA (1897-1968)
The man and the peacock
Mixed media on pape…

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Ismael de LA SERNA (1897-1968) The man and the peacock Mixed media on paper, signed lower right and dated (19)28. Size: 31 x 47 (view)

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Ismael de LA SERNA (1897-1968) The man and the peacock Mixed media on paper, signed lower right and dated (19)28. Size: 31 x 47 (view)

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Ismael de la SERNA (Grenade 1897 - Paris 1968)

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ISMAEL GONZÁLEZ DE LA SERNA (Guadix, Granada, 1898 - Paris, 1968). "Coastal landscape, Nice". 1928. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 84 x 98 cm; 100 x 112 cm (frame). The coast of the Côte d'Azur is impregnated in this composition with an almost surreal character, not by the presence of any manifest oneiric element but by the metaphysical cadence of the atmosphere. The sea is a cobalt-blue tongue furrowed by sailboats whose whiteness is infected by the stone balustrade. It marks the perimeter of a garden populated by stone pines and sienna-colored earth. A fragment of turquoise blue sky is silhouetted behind the dense canopy of trees. Ismael De la Serna combines here a brushstroke of Cezannian heritage with a great ability to synthesize forms (which indicates his passage through cubism). However, at this time he was also exploring surrealism, and some of this is palpable in this landscape. Without ascribing himself to any particular movement, he only remains faithful to his own versatility, which results in a highly personal way of doing things. Ismael González de la Serna began his art studies in Granada and concluded them in Madrid, at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts. In his early years he developed an eclectic pictorial style, which draws from impressionist, symbolist and modernist sources. One of the first examples of his youthful language can be found in the illustrations he made for his childhood friend Federico García Lorca, in what would be his first book, "Impresiones y paisajes" (1918). That same year, Ismael de la Serna held his first exhibition in Granada, and shortly afterwards he presented his works at the Ateneo de Madrid. In 1921 he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic horizons, joining the circles of the School of Paris. Among his Parisian friends was Pablo Picasso, who influenced his work but was, above all, the protector of the painter from Granada. De la Serna's style was, in this period, permeable to the influences of the avant-garde, mainly cubism and expressionism, which he worked in a very personal way. Likewise, the initial influence of impressionism was always evident in his work. The year 1927 marked the beginning of a period of strong projection of his work, which began with the solo exhibition that the painter held at the influential Parisian gallery of Paul Guillaume. This exhibition was followed by many others, both in Paris and in Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Granada and Mexico. In 1928 he was commissioned by the director of "Cahiers d'Art", Christian Zervos, to illustrate a special edition of twenty sonnets by Góngora. The key to his recognition is to be found in his sensual reading of the forms of cubism, based on the relevance of a drawing of sinuous and highly decorative lines, combined with strong chromatic hallmarks. With a marked spatial sense and without ever abandoning figuration, De la Serna mainly represented still lifes, where he accentuated the sensory side of his painting with metaphorical sensory references, such as music, fruit or open windows. He also worked on landscapes and portraits. After inaugurating with a solo exhibition the activities of the Association of Iberian Artists in Madrid in 1932, the painter undertakes new ways of plastic experimentation that will lead, after the Second World War, to a more schematic and simplified painting, close to contemporary abstract solutions. Ismael de la Serna is represented in the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid, the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museums of Granada and Seville, the ARTIUM, etc.

Estim. 120 - 180 EUR

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Estim. 120 - 180 EUR

de LA SERNA Ismaël Gonzalez (1897-1968) Man and horse Wash, signed lower left 19.5 x 29 cm Barrie-Chevalier Collection

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