62. Hommage à Picasso [1970]

A generation fellow of Ciucurencu, Baba and Țuculescu, Alexandru Țipoia is one of the modern classics of the 20th century, standing out in various fields such as: painting, graphics, engraving, ceramics, mosaic or tapestry. He will be distinguished by a vital spirit, free of all restraint, the lyricism of his art dominating over traditional technical rigour. As far as painting is concerned, the artist will embrace a fastidiously simple painting in its formality, tending towards a classical balance and metaphysical ideals. Reduced to colour, from which he will exclude shadow and light, the atmosphere of his painting will involve an alternating play of tones, establishing a strong and complete expressiveness of planes. Verticality will become one of the major features of his work, intertwined with monumentality. The fourth period of his creative maturity (1962-1993) will focus on the theme of musical instruments and figurative painting. During this period the artist will make a series of conceptual reconciliations such as: the cycle of spirals ("Concentrație" ("Concentration"), the triptych "Echilibru - Omagiu lui Picasso" ("Equilibrium - Homage to Picasso"), "Gemenele" ("Twins")), the cycle of wave movements ("Germinație" ("Germination"), "Himera" ("Chimera"), "Galaxie" ("Galaxy"), "Mișcare ondulatorie" ("Wave Movement")) or the cycle of caryatids. (G.M.)

References

TZIPOIA, Georges, "Alexandru Tzipoia 1914-1993", Alp’ Impression Publishing House, France, 1997. TZIPOIA, George, "Alexandru Țipoia – Centenary", Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014.

Dimensions

custom 1. 145 x 64.5; 2. 155 x 130 cm

Description

oil on canvas, signed bottom right, with green, on the central panel, "Al. Țipoia"; signed bottom right, with orange, on the two vertical panels, "Al. Țipoia"

Research information

The artwork was part of the exhibition "Artistic Destinies", Museum of Visual Arts from Galați, 2009. The artwork was part of the exhibition "Artistic Destinies", Timișoara Art Museum, 2007. The artwork was part of the exhibition "Artistic Destinies", Arad Museum Complex, 207. The artwork was part of the exhibition "Homage to Alexandru Țipoia. We are together again", Academia di Romania, Rome, 2018. The left and right panels are reproduced in the album "Alexandru Țipoia - Centenary", George Țipoia, Tracus Arte Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014, at p. 84-85, under the titles "Composition (Triptych - Homage to Picasso)".

Dating

1970

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