Antiquaire-de-Marine: Benito Quinquela Martin (1890-1977)

vendredi, juin 22, 2007

Benito Quinquela Martin (1890-1977)

Benito Quinquela Martín (1^re mars 1890 – 28 janvier 1977) était un peintre argentin né à La Boca, Buenos Aires. Quinquela Martín est considéré comme le peintre par excellence du port et il est l'un des peintres les plus populaires d'Argentine. Ses œuvres dépeignent des scènes de la vie quotidienne du port de La Boca.

Il n'est pas français,il n'est pas peintre officiel de la marine ! mais il a si bien représenté le port de Buenos-aires à sa grande époque! qu'il doit avoir une place sur ce blog

Benito Quinquela Martín (March 1, 1890 – January 28, 1977) was an Argentine painter born in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Quinquela Martín is considered the port painter-par-excellence and one of the most popular Argentine painters. His paintings of port scenes show the activity, vigor and roughness of the daily life in the port of La Boca.His birthday could not be determined precisely as he was abandoned on March 20, 1890 at an orphanage with a note that stated "This kid has been baptized, and his name is Benito Juan Martín". From his physical appearance, the nuns who found him deduced that he should be around twenty days old; thus March 1 is regarded as his birthday.
Adopted by Manuel and Justina Molina de Chinchella when he was seven years old, he adopted his stepfather's surname (which would later be hispanized as Quinquela).
At the age of 14 he attended a modest night school of art in La Boca while working during day on the family's coal-yard. When he turned 17 years old he joined the Pezzini Stiatessi Conservatory, where he stayed until 1912.

Benito Quinquela Martin (1890-1977) huile sur carton de 47x68cm estimée 9.000 euros

Benito Quiquela Martin huile sur isorel "embarquement de marchandises"de 57x41cm estimation 12.000 euros

Quinquela Martin Benito (1890-1977) huile sur panneau de 50x60cm estimée 20.000 euros.

le port de Buenos-Aires la Boca huile sur toile signée 80x60cm estimation 25.000 euros

On ne présente pas souvent de peintres étrangers,pourtant on ne peut pas omettre de vous montrer ce peintre avec deux huiles sur toile sujet:"le Port de Buenos-Aires" .
la seconde plus grande est estimée 30.000 euros
http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/q/quinquela.htm
https://www.facebook.com/museoquinquela/?fref=photo

By 1910 he had started appearing in small art exhibitions, mainly in and around La Boca. He obtained the second prize on the Salón Nacional (Spanish, "National Exhibition") in 1920. After an exhibition at Mar del Plata in the same year, he was sent as the Argentine representative to an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil attended by local personalities including Brazilian president Epitacio Pessoa.
By the 1920s Marcelo T. de Alvear and his wife were very fond of Quinquela Martín's works, and this admiration led to a lasting friendship. In 1922, Quinquela Martín was assigned as chancellor of the Argentine Madrid Consulate in Spain. On April, 1923 he exhibited at the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid. Two of his works were acquired by the institution (Buque en reparación and Efecto de Sol), while another two were acquired by the Museum of Modern Art of Madrid.
In 1925 he set sail for France because—in his own words—"My trip to France is owed to President Alvear, who liked my work and wanted them to be judged by Paris". The Musée du Luxembourg acquired Tormenta en el astillero.
On 1927 he left for New York City, where he put part of his work on display at the Anderson Galleries. Accounts say two paintings were bought by "Mr. Havemeyer", who donated them to the Metropolitan Museum of New York. After this exhibition he made several others under sculptor Georgette Blandi's tutelage. Before returning to Buenos Aires, he was invited to Havana by Conde Ribero to exhibit there.

On 1929, on a trip to Italy, he had an exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. The Museum of Modern Art of Rome acquired several paintings which were chosen by Benito Mussolini during the display. Quinquela Martín made his last trip in 1930, to London, where he exhibited at the Burlington Gallery. Several British museums acquired his paintings, including the Museum of Arts of London, Museum of Birmingham, Sheffield, Swansea, Cardiff, New Zealand and St. James's Palace.