22. Olympus (Golden Throne) [1967]

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22. Olympus (Golden Throne) [1967]

Horia Damian

1922, Bucureşti - 2012, Paris

Estimate:

EUR 3.000 - 5.000

Sold

EUR 3.000

References

VARIA, Radu, "Horia Damian. Opere din muzeele și colecțiile românești. 1930-1946" ("Horia Damian. Works from Romanian museums and collections. 1930-1946"), Monitorul Oficial R.A. Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009. "Damian" Exhibition Album, Museum of Art Collections, Bucharest, September – October 2009.

oil, acrylic and plaster on plywood, 73 x 73 x 11.5 cm, 73 Ã 73 Ã 11,5 cm, signed, dated and entitled on the reverse, with black, "Horia Damian, 1967, Trone or"

He will make his first appearance in 1942, at the Romanian Athenaeum, where he will have his firs personal exhibition. Also during that year, the artist will make his first appearance at the Official Salon, as well as at the Biennale of Venice. After studying architecture in Bucharest, Horia Damian moved to Paris, where he worked in the studios of André Lhote and Fernand Léger. In Paris, he exhibited for the first time in 1952 at the Arnaud Gallery, alongside André Enard, Ellsworth Kelly, Nicolas Ionesco, Charles Maussion and others. Master of the fullness and completeness of compositional elements, colours, as well as featuring a permanent inclination towards construction, his creation will venture into complex series, such as: "Reliefs in yellow surfaces", "Gates", "Thrones", "Constructions", "Great constructions", "Pyramids", "Galaxies", "Starry skies", "Hill", "Mastaba", "Signs of place", "Project for San Francisco", "Column", "Harbinger" or "Revelation". (GM)

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