José Manuel Capuletti, Female Portrait, Charcoal and Pastel, 20th Century, Framed

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Female portrait, charcoal and pastel, José Manuel Capuletti, 20th century.

Exquisite charcoal portrait of a female figure on a neutral … more Female portrait, charcoal and pastel, José Manuel Capuletti, 20th century.

Exquisite charcoal portrait of a female figure on a neutral background. The face of the young woman is presented in the foreground, on a shadow that highlights the clarity of her face. The treatment of the forms is very careful, with soft and delicate features but with an expressive look. We must emphasize the attention to drawing clarity and the author's decisive strokes, which show us his artistic talent. All the attention is focused on the face and her hair up, because from the collar of the shirt the style becomes much simpler, blurring the forms. In the lower right part we find the artist's signature, which attests to his authorship.

In his beginnings, he made mainly drawings, watercolors and portraits. His work is considered hyperrealist, a quality that describes in an exceptional way his portraits, full of sensitivity, with an absolutely precise drawing. His work shows a great influence and admiration for the most outstanding authors of Surrealism, especially Salvador Dalí.

José Manuel Capuletti was born in Valladolid in 1925, from a very early age he began to show his great gifts as a draftsman and soon began to hold his first local exhibitions in the Palace of Santa Cruz. He abandoned his studies at the Schools of Fine Arts in Valladolid and Madrid, as he preferred to continue his learning in a self-taught way and following the great artists.
Already during his stay in Madrid he oriented his artistic career towards drawing, watercolor and portraits. He frequented the environment of the Spanish ballets, which served as inspiration for many of his works. During this period he also worked as a set designer for several of the main companies of the time. He also met Pilar López Fernández, a dancer who became his wife, model and muse.

In 1951 he went to Paris, where he held his first solo exhibition (André Weil Gallery), and soon after to New York, where he achieved great recognition for his work. He held several exhibitions at the Hammer Galleries, while continuing to exhibit in Paris, traveling around the United States doing work as a designer of costumes and sets for the ballet \. He returned to our country in 1967, settling first in Seville a few years later in Madrid. Finally, he died in Walluf (Germany) during a trip in 1978, at the height of his creativity.

Dimensions: 80 x 65 x 3,5 cm / 55 x 41 cm. This piece has an attribution mark,
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