Jose Vives-Atsara

..."Known for his peasant scenes, this “woman in the market” is exemplary in the fact that our sensibility of this individual can be assessed even without seeing her face. Our understanding her existence or impoverishment can be calculated by the fact she is in the marketplace selling her commodities under a tarp, sitting on the ground.  Additional still life elements are introduced to the left of the subject matter by way of various editable selections and containers.  Vives’s careful attention has been paid to the folds of the fabric as well as the braid in her hair."

-Gabriel Diego Delgado

Art Consultant

JR Mooney Galleries

www.jrmooneygalleries.com

"Mujer en el Mercado"

oil

Jose Vives-Atsara

$15,000 U.S.D

-Jose Vives-Atsara was born in Vilafranca del Panades in the Catalonian region of Spain on April 30, 1919. As a small boy he loved to sketch with pencil and paper. He began painting at the age of eleven. His first one man show came at the age of fourteen. From that time on, painting has been his love and his way of life.

Jose studied art at Saint Raymond College and the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. He claimed that his most inspirational teacher was nature itself.

Mr. Vives-Atsara came to San Antonio in 1956. Within twenty years, he became one of Texas's most distinguished artists. His use of a palette knife in painting allowed him to blend rich pure pigments into a powerful statement of color directly on the canvas. This style produced works that are distinctively Vives-Atsara.

Jose is represented in such collections as the Museum of Modern Art, Spain; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; His Royal Highness Juan Carlos, King of Spain; the Vatican; the State Capitals of many southern states of the United States. His work is also in many private collections in the United States, Spain, Mexico and Venezuela.

For many years Jose was in great demand as a lecturer and teacher. He was the Artist-In-Resident at Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas. Although Mr. Vives-Atsara studied with many well-known European teachers, he insisted that he was continually learning about painting, and throughout his life his range of subjects continued to grow. The great intensity and character he captured from the people of Mexico, the depth and strength of the colors in his florals, and his breathtaking Texas landscapes manifested an interest and acuteness of mood too infrequently found in artists.

 -excerpt from www.jrmooneygalleries.com