Miguel Couce Vidal (1904 - 1995) - Esperando

The work is signed by the artist at the bottom.

On the back it is again signed, dated in the year 1978 and titled "Esperando".

The painting is presented framed.

Dimensions of the work: 34 cm x 43 cm.

Frame dimensions: 48 cm x 58 cm.

The condition of the work is good.

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Artist biography:

He was born in Bilbao, Spain on January 5, 1904, and died in New York on October 1, 1995. He arrived in Argentina in 1910 and became a citizen in 1930. In 1921 he entered the National Academy of Fine Arts, where his teachers were Gervasio Trezzini, Enrique Fabbri, and Alberto María Rossi. He resided in Brazil between 1935 and 1945 and in Massachusetts in the late 20th century. Upon his return from Brazil, he took part in group exhibitions and held solo shows in Buenos Aires, Mendoza, San Juan, Salta, and Rosario. He held solo exhibitions at Galería Müller in 1945, Casa de Mendoza in Buenos Aires in 1952, Plaza Hotel in Mendoza in 1953, Casa de España in Mendoza in 1953, the Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1952, and at Galería Dantes in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1953, among others. He participated in the Painting and Sculpture Salon of the Mutual Society of Fine Arts Students and Graduates in 1924, the National Salons of Brazil in 1938 and from 1940 to 1943; Rio Grande do Sul in 1940; Fluminense in 1943; Pelotas in 1940. He received an Honorable Mention at the National Salon of Brazil in 1940, a Bronze Medal at the National Salon of Brazil in 1941, and an Honorable Mention at the Rio Grande do Sul Salon in 1940. “An artist of the La Boca group, inspired by its landscapes he depicted scenes of the Riachuelo, of the ports and of the boquense hamlets with a personal picturesque quality in the contrasts of light and the play of color, based on a firm drawing and good mattering of material,” said Carlos Foglia. In his final period he moved toward figurative abstraction.