Belin is an amazing Spanish street artist renown for his unique style of work with the face and figure. Belin was born in a city located in the south of Spain called Linares. Belin’s work is a blend of surrealism, realism, and caricature.
Belin is short for the artist’s last name, Belinchon.
The artist often works on murals with other well known street artists including Otes.
When the weather isn’t cooperating with making graffiti, the artist turns to the art of sculpture.
In this clip we view the artist at work on mural in the Netherlands:
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Belin shows remarkable innovation in his work. Often times he uses photographs for resources, but with his style of exaggeration one might think the artist just created a masterpiece from life!
Okudart ,also known as Okuda, is an amazing street artist renown for his unique style of mixing the human face with geometric shapes.
Okudart’s government name is Oscar San Miguel Erice.
The artist attended school in Madrid, Spain at the Complutense University of Madrid.
In this clip we view a piece made for Movember. This is actually November, but has been renamed Movember as men are encouraged to grow facial hair to help bring aware to prostate cancer and other health issues:
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In this clip we view a collaborative work of Rosh333 and Okudart:
What a great style the artist has developed. His work has so many facets of different art movements including realism, abstract, the pattern and decorations movement, and Op- Art.
Btoy is a Spanish street artist renown for her work with the iconic female figures. The artist came to the world of street art after her mother passed away in 2002. Making art was the way she dealt with stress.
In this clip we catch a glimpse of the artist at work on a large mural in Barcelona:
Btoy was born in Barcelona, Spain in the year 1977. Her government name is Anrea Michealsson.
For her composition ideas Btoy is influenced by old pictures of old movie stars of Hollywood, including starlets from the silent era.
The artist enjoys working with new mediums. She works often with acrylic paint, spray paint, and plastics. She often uses photoshop to help form her stencils.
In this clip we view a gallery show by Btoy:
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Btoy reminds me of artists Swoon (American) and Faith47(South African.) All three of these artists do a great job at showing the struggles and faces of the contemporary female figure.
Gonzalo Borondo is a Spanish street artist who is renown for his work with the face and figure. Gonzalo Borondo was born in Segovia, Spain.
The artist attended college in Madrid and also the Academy of Art in Rome, Italy.
In this clip we view a show featuring Borondo that took place 2012 in Italy:
The artist often uses multiple figures sometimes facing away from the viewer in his work. This helps to make his work very realistic and action. He also enjoys painting the corners where two sides of a building meet.
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Below a fantastic time lapse video of Bordondo working in Istanbul, Turkey:
Borondo has done a great amount of work in the city of London, England.
One artist that has provided a great deal of inspiration for Borondo was the Spanish master Goya.
Pichi and Avo are two highly talented street artists who work in a realist style. Pichi and Avo hail from Valencia, Spain. The duo are sometimes known as PichiAvo and are renown for their blend of realism and surrealism in their street art work.
Avo studied product design in Valencia and also in Finland.
Pichi started making street art in 1995. Avo began his street artwork in 2003.
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Below Pichi and Avo work on a painting of a lightbulb:
In this clip we see a magnificent portrait made on the side of a shipping container:
To close we take a look at a time lapse video of Pichi and Avo painting Santa Claus:
Jose Guerrero was born in Granada, Andalusia in the year 1914. Andalusia is an autonomous country associated with Spain. The artist attended the school of arts and crafts located in Granada. Guerrero also studied in Madrid, Spain at the Academy of San Fernando.
The artist relocated to the United States in 1950 and became a citizen in 1953.
In this clip a wonderful selections of artwork by Jose Guerrero:
Jose Guerrero passed away in 1991 at the age of 77 years of age.
The artist is part of many museum collections including the Guggenheim of New York City and the School of Modern Art located in Cuenca.
Price range information: Works range from $10,000 to $300,000. Guerrero produced lithographs and etchings and also worked in watercolor and oils.
Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Angles, Spain in the year 1916. Remedios Varo Uranga was a painter who worked in a Surrealist style. The artist attended the Academy of Art San Fernando located in Madrid, Spain. Her father was an industrial engineer and as a young child the artist would copy the technical drawings her father brought home from work.
Whilst the artist was attending college a civil war began in her native country so she relocated to Paris, France. It is her that Varo Uranga became influenced by the Surrealists and starting painting in a Surrealist manner.
She was first married to a painter named Girardo Lizarraga. After they separated she lived with a French poet.
When the German’s took over Paris, France during World War 2, the artist relocated to Mexico City, Mexico where she would remain the rest of her life.
Most works are painted with oils on Masonite.
Below a wonderful montage of works by Remedios Varo Uranga:
Just as her career was flourishing the artist had a heart attack and passed away in 1963. Remedios Varo Uranga was only 54 years of age.
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What a great surrealist painter. The artist is often compared to a contemporary already profiled here named Leonora Corrington.
Joaquin Mir Trinxet was a wonderful artist from Spain working with the landscape in a modern style that combined impressionism and abstraction. In his artistic statement Trinxet speaks about wanting to enlighten the heart and fill the soul with light as a goal of his paintings.
Joaquin Mir Trinxet was born in Barcelona, Spain in the year 1873. His family was from the Catalan region. For his art education Mir studied at the Llotja School. An influence on Mir was the artist Luis Graner who painted portraits of people in the landscape very similar to the way John Singer Sargent might portray a figure outside.
At the beginning of his career the artist painted landscapes that were very abstract. He then switched to a slightly more realistic approach that launched his career to the next level. The artist would then return to painting nature in a more abstract manner with an emphasis on color.
His palette was similar to the Impressionists and the artist refused to use the color black.
Joaquin Mir Trinxet passed away in 1940.
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In this clip a great montage of works by Joaquin Mir Trinxet:
What is fascinating to me about this artist is his use of color and emphasizing the abstract areas in his landscape paintings. A rock and its reflection become so abstract without their surroundings the viewer might not know what the subject was. The artist excelled at capturing mood and feeling in his landscapes.
Xavier Bueno was a fantastic painter working with the figure and typography in his own unique style. Xavier Bueno was born in the year 1915 in Vera Di Bidasoa, Spain. His father was a journalist and writer.
Bueno attended the Academy of San Fernando located in Madrid, Spain. The artist also studied in Geneva, Switzerland.
He had a brother named Antonio who was also an artist.
The works of Bueno that received the best critical acclaim were his paintings of children that took place from 1959 to the mid 1960s. These works have a wonderful artistic appeal as the works show great design with the occasional typography thrown in. Like a Kathe Kollwitz etching the children’s emotions in these images seem to pour out to the viewer.
Xavier Bueno passed away in 1979.
Price range information: Works range from $10,000 to $100,000. The artist worked mainly in oils.
Bueno is one of my favorite artist’s working with kids and children’s faces. The children are so expressive.
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