Provenance: Marcos Roces

ABOUT THE WORK

Fernando Zobel has taken traditional ink painting further than most during his career. He has developed a delicate imagery for the visually voluptuous 1950s and 1960s. Unlike many painters, Zobel is not imposing his visual dexterity on preconceived ideas of what painting should be on the viewer. His art’s reality is an elementary simplicity that betrays his complex intellectual training.