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b. 1986 -

Hugo Fontela has dedicated several series to Manhattan, where he has lived since 2005. In the painting we are dealing with, his communicative and expressive power is evident, using the minimum elements, achieving a composition of the utmost visual elegance. His language, although abstract, lets us read between the lines stories buried in the memory. The artist explains that he usually starts from the image of a place, often an urban landscape, which has been engraved in his memory, and then visualizes that imprint on canvas or paper. His goal is to build pieces in which the unreal is an essential aspect in order to understand them, to create new realities and to ensure that the image that moved him at the beginning also moves the viewer. His love for painting began in childhood. From the hand of the Asturian painter Amado González Hevia (Favila), he entered the School of Arts and Crafts of Avilés when he was fourteen years old. He later entered the Oviedo School of Art, and when he was about to begin studying for a degree in Fine Arts, he decided to move to New York and joined the Art Students League of New York.

In 2005 he received the BMW Painting Award, in the twentieth edition, and in 2007 he won the prize for best artist at the Graphic Art Fair ESTAMPA,3 awarded by the Association of Art Critics of Madrid. In 2006, together with Juan Hidalgo, he participated as a guest at the XVIII Bienal de Pintura de Zamora. In 2011 the Museum of the Abbey of Montserrat, in Barcelona, begins an exhibition of his works made in America, which is inaugurated by the Prince and Princess of Asturias. That same year, as a result of two stays in Rio de Janeiro with Oscar Niemeyer (2009 and 2011), the exhibition Niemeyer by Fontela is held at the Niemeyer Center in Avilés. Banco Sabadell has his work.

Among the centers that have exhibited his works are the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Revillagigedo Palace in Gijón, the Círculo de Arte in Barcelona, the Cervantes Institute in Chicago, the 100kubik Gallery in Cologne, the Niemeyer Center, the Gabarron Foundation and the Carles Taché Gallery in Barcelona.

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    • HUGO FONTELA Asturias 1986 Small Pier III. 2014 Oil and acrylic on canvas B
      Dec. 12, 2023

      HUGO FONTELA Asturias 1986 Small Pier III. 2014 Oil and acrylic on canvas B

      Est: -

      HUGO FONTELA Asturias 1986 Small Pier III. 2014 Oil and acrylic on canvas Back signed and dated in Manhattan, NYC 2014 Measurements 76 x 76 cm Certificate signed by Galería Hispánica Contemporánea, Madrid EXHIBITIONS 2014 (May 24-June 29), "White paintings", Contemporary Hispanic Gallery, Mexico

      Subastas Segre
    • Fontela, Hugo (geb. 1986 in Grado, spanischer Künstler),
      Oct. 29, 2022

      Fontela, Hugo (geb. 1986 in Grado, spanischer Künstler),

      Est: -

      Fontela, Hugo (geb. 1986 in Grado, spanischer Künstler), "Ohne Titel", Aquarell auf Papier, signiert unten Hugo Fontela, bezeichnet oben, 60 x 45 cm (Blattmaß), unter Glas gerahmt

      Auktionshaus Plückbaum
    • Hugo Fontela. Watermak
      Feb. 23, 2022

      Hugo Fontela. Watermak

      Est: -

      Mixed technique on canvas. Signed in the upper left corner. Signed, titled, located (NYC - Manhattan) and dated (MMVIII) on the back.

      Duran Arte y Subastas
    • HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). - "Japanese Pier", 2008.
      Jan. 25, 2022

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). - "Japanese Pier", 2008.

      Est: €3,000 - €4,000

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Japanese Pier", 2008. Mixed media on canvas. Attached certificate of authenticity issued by the artist. Signed, dated, titled and located (Manhattan, NYC) on the back. Measurements: 100 x 100 cm; 104 x 104 cm (frame). This work is part of a relevant stage in Hugo Fontela's career, since after 2007, he decided to start with the series Japanese Landscapes, which together with Blue piers, made up the exhibition An American Vision (Casa de Vacas, Madrid 2008), which received wide recognition from both the art critics and the public. The prestigious young painter of Asturian origin Hugo Fontela has dedicated several series to Manhattan, where he has lived since 2005. Hugo Fontela dedicated several series to the view of piers and the pictorial assimilation of mimes, always with his characteristic aesthetic lyricism. Through "Piers", "Big Pier" and "Blue piers", he captured the abstraction of a figurative landscape in which he imbues a great emotionality that invites the spectator to immerse himself in a misty atmosphere. In the painting in question, his communicative and expressive power is evident, using the minimum elements, achieving a composition of the utmost visual elegance. His language, although abstract, allows us to read between the lines stories buried in the memory. The artist explains that he usually starts from an image of a place, often an urban landscape, which has been engraved in his memory, and then visualises this imprint on canvas or paper. His aim is to construct pieces in which the unreal is an essential aspect in order to be able to understand them, to create new realities and to ensure that the image that moved him in the beginning also moves the viewer. His love of painting began in childhood. Under the guidance of the Asturian painter Amado González Hevia (Favila), he entered the School of Arts and Crafts in Avilés when he was fourteen years old. He later entered the Oviedo School of Art, and when he was about to begin studying for a degree in Fine Arts he decided to move to New York and joined the Art Students League of New York. In 2005 he received the BMW Painting Prize, in its twentieth edition, and in 2007 he won the prize for best artist at the ESTAMPA Graphic Art Fair,3 awarded by the Madrid Association of Art Critics. In 2006, together with Juan Hidalgo, he participated as a guest at the XVIII Bienal de Pintura de Zamora. In 2011 the Museum of the Abbey of Montserrat, in Barcelona, began an exhibition of his work done in America, which was inaugurated by the Prince and Princess of Asturias. That same year, as a result of two stays in Rio de Janeiro with Oscar Niemeyer (2009 and 2011), the exhibition Niemeyer by Fontela is held at the Niemeyer Centre in Avilés. Banco Sabadell has his work. Among the centres that have exhibited his work are the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Palacio Revillagigedo in Gijón, the Círculo de Arte in Barcelona, the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago, the 100kubik Gallery in Cologne, the Niemeyer Centre, the Gabarron Foundation and the Carles Taché Gallery in Barcelona.

      Setdart Auction House
    • HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Pier", 2008. Mixed media on canvas.
      Nov. 16, 2021

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Pier", 2008. Mixed media on canvas.

      Est: €3,500 - €4,000

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Pier", 2008. Mixed media on canvas. Attached certificate of authenticity issued by the artist. Signed, dated and located on the back (Manhattan NYC). Measurements: 50 x 50 cm; 59 x 59 cm. Hugo fíntela dedicated several series to the view of piers and the pictorial assimilation of mimes, always from his characteristic aesthetic lyricism. Through "Piers", "Big Pier" and "Blue piers", he captured the abstraction of a figurative landscape in which he imbues a great emotionality that invites the viewer to immerse himself in a misty atmosphere. This work is part of a relevant stage in Hugo Fontela's career, since after 2007, he decided to start with the series Japanese Landscapes, which together with Blue piers, made up the exhibition An American Vision (Casa de Vacas, Madrid 2008), which received wide recognition from both the art critics and the public. The prestigious and young painter of Asturian origin Hugo Fontela has dedicated several series to Manhattan, where he has lived since 2005. In the painting that concerns us, his communicative and expressive power is evident, using the minimum elements, achieving a composition of great visual elegance. His language, although abstract, lets us read between the lines stories buried in the memory. The artist explains that he usually starts from the image of a place, often an urban landscape, which has been engraved in his memory, and then visualizes that imprint on canvas or paper. His goal is to build pieces in which the unreal is an essential aspect in order to understand them, to create new realities and to ensure that the image that moved him at the beginning also moves the viewer. His love for painting began in childhood. From the hand of the Asturian painter Amado González Hevia (Favila), he entered the School of Arts and Crafts of Avilés when he was fourteen years old. He later entered the Oviedo School of Art, and when he was about to begin studying for a degree in Fine Arts, he decided to move to New York and joined the Art Students League of New York. In 2005 he received the BMW Painting Award, in the twentieth edition, and in 2007 he won the prize for best artist at the Graphic Art Fair ESTAMPA,3 awarded by the Association of Art Critics of Madrid. In 2006, together with Juan Hidalgo, he participated as a guest at the XVIII Bienal de Pintura de Zamora. In 2011 the Museum of the Abbey of Montserrat, in Barcelona, begins an exhibition of his works made in America, which is inaugurated by the Prince and Princess of Asturias. That same year, as a result of two stays in Rio de Janeiro with Oscar Niemeyer (2009 and 2011), the exhibition Niemeyer by Fontela is held at the Niemeyer Center in Avilés. Banco Sabadell has his work. Among the centers that have exhibited his works are the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Revillagigedo Palace in Gijón, the Círculo de Arte in Barcelona, the Cervantes Institute in Chicago, the 100kubik Gallery in Cologne, the Niemeyer Center, the Gabarron Foundation and the Carles Taché Gallery in Barcelona.

      Setdart Auction House
    • HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Manhattan".2008. Mixed media on canvas. Signed, titled and dated on the back.
      Jul. 27, 2021

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Manhattan".2008. Mixed media on canvas. Signed, titled and dated on the back.

      Est: €7,000 - €9,000

      HUGO FONTELA (Grado, Asturias, 1986). "Manhattan".2008. Mixed media on canvas. Signed, titled and dated on the back. Annotation on the back: "Big watermark". Size: 183 x 122 cm. This work belongs to the series Watermarks. From Manhattan to the Gulf of Mexico, which contains a set of seventy pieces of various formats. In this series he collects the ideas of the landscape, emphasizing the industrial, the decadent, where the port is a major protagonist, linked to the degradation of water and pollution. In this particular piece the author collects that oscillation of color, full of nuances and glazes, which trap the viewer, inviting him to conceptualize a chromatic range, thus bringing him closer to the sea, to the degraded by the waters, a tide, with delicate Japanese references and inspired by the artist's trip to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The prestigious and young painter of Asturian origin Hugo Fontela has dedicated several series to Manhattan, where he has lived since 2005. In the painting we are dealing with, his communicative and expressive power is evident, using the minimum elements, achieving a composition of the utmost visual elegance. His language, although abstract, lets us read between the lines stories buried in the memory. The artist explains that he usually starts from the image of a place, often an urban landscape, which has been engraved in his memory, and then visualizes that imprint on canvas or paper. His goal is to build pieces in which the unreal is an essential aspect in order to understand them, to create new realities and to ensure that the image that moved him at the beginning also moves the viewer. His love for painting began in childhood. From the hand of the Asturian painter Amado González Hevia (Favila), he entered the School of Arts and Crafts of Avilés when he was fourteen years old. He later entered the Oviedo School of Art, and when he was about to begin studying for a degree in Fine Arts, he decided to move to New York and joined the Art Students League of New York. In 2005 he received the BMW Painting Award, in the twentieth edition, and in 2007 he won the prize for best artist at the Graphic Art Fair ESTAMPA,3 awarded by the Association of Art Critics of Madrid. In 2006, together with Juan Hidalgo, he participated as a guest at the XVIII Bienal de Pintura de Zamora. In 2011 the Museum of the Abbey of Montserrat, in Barcelona, begins an exhibition of his works made in America, which is inaugurated by the Prince and Princess of Asturias. That same year, as a result of two stays in Rio de Janeiro with Oscar Niemeyer (2009 and 2011), the exhibition Niemeyer by Fontela is held at the Niemeyer Center in Avilés. Banco Sabadell has his work. Among the centers that have exhibited his works are the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Revillagigedo Palace in Gijón, the Círculo de Arte in Barcelona, the Cervantes Institute in Chicago, the 100kubik Gallery in Cologne, the Niemeyer Center, the Gabarron Foundation and the Carles Taché Gallery in Barcelona.

      Setdart Auction House
    • HUGO FONTELA - Watermar no. 1
      Sep. 17, 2019

      HUGO FONTELA - Watermar no. 1

      Est: -

      HUGO FONTELA Asturias 1986 Watermar no. 1. 2008 Acrylic on fabric Signed Signed, titled and dated in 2008 (N.Y.C.) on the reverse Measurements 60 x 60 cm It originates from Directly acquired from the artist to the actual owner.

      Subastas Segre
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