Guy Weelen (1919–1999)
Auteur de Vieira da Silva, 1908-1992
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Guy Weelen
Œuvres de Guy Weelen
O Azulejo Portugues - Inglês - Francês 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1919-02-06
- Date de décès
- 1999-08-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- France
- Lieu de naissance
- Toulon, France
- Lieu du décès
- Porto, Portugal
- Lieux de résidence
- Paris, France
- Professions
- art historian
art critic - Relations
- Viera da Silva, Maria
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 139
- Popularité
- #147,351
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 20
- Langues
- 4
This Portugese-French expressionist (actually closer to Tachisme and Surrealism) has created some wonderful paintings that would, to my mind, qualify her to be the official painter of LibraryThing. Take a look at this, entitled "Bibliotheque" 1949, one of many paintings depicting the infinite universes contained in libraries.
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Vieira da Silva has said: "When I paint a landscape or a seascape, I'm not very sure it's a landscape or a seascape. It's a thought form rather than a realistic form."
I give this volume only 4 stars simply because, although Taschen has done an admirable job in its production, and Gisela Rosenthal certainly does much better than most in providing commentary, I can imagine a much more splendid book that would truly do justice to this creator of masterpieces. I will make it my quest to seek out and find.… (plus d'informations)