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Neo-figurative art describes an expressionist revival in modern form of
figurative artFigurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.-Definition:...
. The term
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figurativeFigurative may refer to:*Figurative art*Figurative language*Neo-figurative art...
emerged in the 1960s in
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to represent a new form of figurative art.
Neo-figurative artists
Famous Neo-figurative artists include:
- Eduardo Arroyo
Eduardo Arroyo is a Spanish painter and graphic artist. He is also active as an author and set designer.Arroyo, who was born in Madrid, studied art in his home city, but left Spain in 1958 because of his basic contempt for the regime of Francisco Franco and...
- Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...
- Grupo Hondo (Spain)
- Antonio Berni
Delesio Antonio Berni was a figurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter, an illustrator and an engraver. His father, Napoleón Berni, was an immigrant tailor from Italy...
- Veronica Ruiz de Velasco
Veronica Ruiz de Velasco is a neo-figurative painter of Mexican origin living in the United States. She was a disciple of Teodulo Romulo, Rufino Tamayo, Jean Dubuffet, and Gilberto Aceves Navarro.-Early life:...
- Oswaldo Viteri
Oswaldo Viteri is a neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his assemblage work but has worked in a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking and mosaics. He began his education as a student of architecture at the Central University of Quito in 1951...
Underground Neo-figurative artists:
- Jordan Myer DaleŜ≈ɑɪ̃¿∞ Secretive Formula of Third Eye