232 - ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ VALDIVIESO (Granada, 1918 – Madrid, 2000).

ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ VALDIVIESO (Granada, 1918 – Madrid, 2000). "Carnival." 1994. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Dimensions: 46 x 38 cm; 53 x 45 cm (frame). Under the light of a streetlamp that casts golden reflections on the trees, a carnival scene unfolds in which the dancing and the costumes are implied rather than depicted in detail. This is achieved through a bold use of line and color: synthetic strokes that form arabesques and capture the rhythm, bodies that pulsate in elusive whites. A painter and engraver considered one of the leading figures of Spanish figurative art in the second half of the 20th century, Valdivieso trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Granada and was a member of the group of painters at the former Buchholz Gallery in Madrid, where he exhibited regularly in both solo and group shows. Between 1951 and 1952, he lived in Paris, and later collaborated with the architect Fernández del Amo on the Plan of the National Institute of Colonization, creating several stained-glass windows for churches in Madrid, Lleida, and Valladolid. His work is currently represented at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.