Lot 1K: Artist Pedro Pablo Oliva Rodriguez | «Bodas de Españoles y Criollas»

"Weddings of Spaniards and Creole" Creation of the artist Pedro Pablo Oliva Rodríguez. A great black animal stays sitting right, inside her legs, couple of boyfriends, it with flowers, she in red dress. Child center down with fruit over his head, several characters. Year 1997 Technique: Oil on Fabric Format 26 "x 27.5"

26 "x 27.5"

Oil on Fabric

1997

All Art King Gallery works are preserved in excellent condition.

Pedro Pablo Oliva (Pinar del Río, 1949) Creator of multiple shapes, diverse compositions rich in fantastic figures and elements, he uses and appropriates these to reflect the society that surrounds him. His island, as witness to time, has made him into a narrator and interpreter. Complex backgrounds invite this Cuban painter to come and show his colourful mastery and chromatic diversity. His works have become an obligatory reference point in the development of Cuban fine arts, for all art critics and fine arts historians. As a ceaseless promoter of good Cuban and international art he has since 1998 financed the Pedro Pablo Oliva Home-Workshop in the province of Pinar del Río where he was born. The Home-Workshop has since 1997 been awarding the Cubaneo prize for the best annual work of art or project, and for the work of the most noticeable artist or project. In recognition of his development as a creator he was awarded the National Prize for Fine Arts in 2006. Pedro Pablo Oliva Rodriguez (Born, Pinar Del Río, Cuba, 1949) Associations to which he belongs: National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), International Association of Fine Artists (AIAP) Awards 1987 Distinction for National Culture. Council of State of The Republic of Cuba. 1994 Alejo Carpentier Medal. Council of State of The Republic of Cuba. 1997 Medal of The Members of Honour of The FAO. Rome, Italy. Prizes and Awards: 1973 1st Prize Drawing And Painting. 1st Provincial Instructors Fine Arts Salon, Pinar Del Río, Cuba. 1974 1st And 2nd Prizes For Painting and 1st Prize In Drawing: 2nd Professors and Instructors of Fine Arts Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1975 Special Mention. 3rd Professors and Instructors of Fine Arts National Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1980 1st Prize, Painting. 8th National Youth Salon of Fine Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1981 Acquisition Prize. "Girón '81" National Salon of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1990 Painting Prize. National Salon UNEAC 1990, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. Personal Exhibitions 1974 Show of The Month. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1977 Show ofThe Month. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. Exhibition. Small Salon. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1978 Oliva and The Images of His "Pueblo", La Habana Gallery, Cuba. 1979 Pedro Pablo Oliva, Art Gallery, Pinar Del Río, Cuba. 1980 Exhibition By Pedro Pablo Oliva. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1984 Pedro Pablo Oliva. Paintings, Drawings, Drafts and Other Pastimes. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1991 Pedro Pablo Oliva. Dialogue with His Magic. La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1992 Pedro Pablo Oliva. Since 1998 Oliva has been financing the project Casa-taller P.P. Oliva, a place with a documentation center specialized in serving fine arts students, writers, journalists, and professors; an exhibition center, and a conference hall.? Annual awarding, since 1997, of the prize Cubaneo during the awarding of the Ahs art award (Cubaneo prize for fine arts for the best work or project of the year, and the Cubaneo prize for the most outstanding artistic work by the artist or project of the year.

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Born in the Cuban town of Pinal del Río, Oliva studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Havana. The artist, influenced by Marc Chagall and the Cuban artists Eduardo Abela and Antonia Eiriz, began earning his living as a painter in 1970. The permanent contact with the people from his country and the inevitable human conflict that is generated in everyday life are the key sources of inspiration for his work. Oliva currently works out of his studio in Old Havana, but travels frequently to his hometown, Pinar del Río.