Eduardo Oliva Surrealist Mixed Media Drawing of Surgical Scene

Item Details

Eduardo Oliva (Spanish, born 1952)
Untitled (surrealist surgical scene)
Ink drawing on lithograph on paper
Signed to lower right
Inscribed “Vicente” to lower right of mounting
Includes graphite diagram to verso

Eduardo Oliva is a contemporary Spanish artist, whose work ranges in a variety of sizes, from small-scale illustrations, to easel paintings, monumental mixed media canvases and even murals. Exhibiting very graphic and humorous themes, many of his compositions often feature abstracted figures, animals, and interior scenes executed with Cubist and Surrealist elements. When viewing Oliva’s work, some may recall the Cubist compositions of Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, and Jean Metzinger, evident in his use of angular and biomorphic shapes, vibrant colors, and stark delineations.

Among Oliva’s first major art projects was a series of murals that he painted for the African Sahara. Since then, he has continued to gain success throughout in his career, exhibiting at a number of galleries, such as the Galeria Matisse (Barcelona); the Palacio de Cristal (Madrid); the Taller de Picasso (Barcelona); and the Galeria Elektica (Miami), to name a few.

Some examples of his work include illustrations for covers of Vogue magazine, biomorphic creatures oddly set in the foreground of a palace interior, and toy harlequin figures executed in a monumental scale.

Condition

- staining to lower right of composition; wear, toning and foxing to paper mount; wear, toning, foxing and staining to verso.

Dimensions

- measures paper mount; image measures 12.75" W x 18.0" H.

Item #

ITMG730922