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Miguel Hernandez's paintings are part of a tradition of self-taught painters that express fervently felt political views in a nave manner, with strong overtones of Surrealism. Hernandez was born in Spain and became an avid anarchist and anti-military revolutionary. He fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco and later worked for an anarchic newspaper in Lisbon. He was imprisoned on several occasions, and in 1936 he was married and escaped from Spain. He began to draw while being held in a refugee camp, and after his release began to experiment with paint. He spent the next ten years in Paris, painting and managing the newspaper "Espana Libre." The majority of his works date from the 1940's and 1950's and are inspired by memories of his country, which he realizes with sensuous, rhythmic forms.
PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT M. GREENBERG COLLECTION
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (1893-1957)
Untitled
Details
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (1893-1957)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Miguel H. 47' (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 x 18½ in. (27 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Untitled
signed and dated 'Miguel H. 47' (lower right)
oil on canvas
11 x 18½ in. (27 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1947.
Provenance
Gérard A. Schreiner and John L. Notter Collection
Exhibited
New York, Rosa Esman Gallery, European Outsiders: An Exhibition of ART BRUT, October-November 1986, p. 48, cat. no. 16.
Gérard A. Schreiner Gallery, Outsiders, April-July 1988, p. 98, cat. no. 64 (illustrated).
Gérard A. Schreiner Gallery, Outsiders, April-July 1988, p. 98, cat. no. 64 (illustrated).