'Au Table' by Manuel Vicente Mujica, Venezuelan Post-Impressionist Oil, Museo De Bellas Artes, Caracas

Description

Signed lower left, 'M. V. Mujica' for Manuel Vicente Mujica (Venezuelan, 1924-2002).

A bright and breezy oil painting of a … more Signed lower left, 'M. V. Mujica' for Manuel Vicente Mujica (Venezuelan, 1924-2002).

A bright and breezy oil painting of a dark-haired young woman wearing a wide-brimmed, floral hat and seated at a table decorated with a large vase of flowers. A charming and period work by this European-trained Venezuelan Post-Impressionist.

Manuel Mujica first studied at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts under Antonio Edmundo Monsanto and Rafael Ramón González (1939-1942). Over the course of a long and successful career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Salón Anual de Artistas Independientes held by the Caracas Museo de Bellas Artes (1956-1960), the Institute of Hispanic Culture (Madrid, 1960) and in Barcelona (1967). In 1967, Mujica won a scholarship and stipend which allowed him to return to paint and study in Europe. Later in 1967, he was awarded Barcelona's Real Círculo de Arte Prize. Manuel Mujica's work is held private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Venezuelan National Art Gallery, the National Academy of History in Caracas and the Venezuelan Presidential Residence.

Venezuelan art critic and collector Mayz Lyon has noted that, "two great masters of art have been mentioned for their relationship with Mujica's work: Pierre Bonnard and Marcos Castillo... From Bonnard, he picks up the subtlety and finesse in the use of the finely nuanced colors and from Castillo... his freshness and poetic lyricism".

Partial List of Exhibitions:
1956 AEV
1957 Athenaeum of Caracas
1958 Military Circle
1962 Mosquera Suarez Institute, Barquisimeto
1963 Barquisimeto Athenaeum / Cecilio Acosta House of Culture, Los Teques / Lara State College of Physicians, Barquisimeto
1964 Society of Friends of Art Lawyers, Bar Association, Caracas
1966 The Wall Gallery, Caracas
1967 El Muro Gallery, Caracas / Barcelona Radio Club Art Studio, Spain
1968 The Wall Gallery, Caracas
1969 Art Corner Gallery, Caracas
1970 Art Corner Gallery, Caracas
1972 Rincón del Arte Gallery, Caracas
1975 The Wall Gallery, Caracas
1976 The Pyramid Gallery, Caracas
1986 Government of the Federal District, Caracas
1987 "Works by Manuel Vicente Mujica", Museum of Barquisimeto
1988 Lozada & Lozano Gallery, Valencia, Edo. Carabobo
1991 "Cosmic metamorphosis", Mayz Lyon Gallery, Caracas / Gallery A, Caracas

Reference:
El Circulo De Bellas Artes. A Cien Años De Su Creación (1912-2012), Fundación Museos Nacionales, Galería de Arte Nacional 2012, p. 101; Palabres Sobre Artistas, JJ Mayz Lyon, University of Texas, CONAC 1998, p. 195; et al. less