"Ricardo Grau (Bordeaux, 1907 – Lima, 1970) Peruvian Painter - Figura - Peru, Lima

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  Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 65 x 81 cm. Signed and dated 1953. Ricardo Muro Grau was a Peruvian modernist and surrealist painter. After extended periods in Europe, he returned to Peru in 1937–1938, introducing European pictorial modernity at a time when indigenism was still dominant in the country. He became one of the first Latin American representatives of European modern painting, marking a strong contrast with the prevailing nationalist style of the period. While Peruvian art focused on villages, coastal horsemen, indigenous figures, and local markets, Muro Grau exhibited still lifes, nudes, and landscapes that restored painting itself as an autonomous and refined discipline. In 1937 he promoted the “Salón de Independientes” in Lima, gathering artists who rejected the influence of José Sabogal. Participants included Óscar Allain, Sérvulo Gutiérrez, Francisco González Gamarra, Juan Barreto, Carlos More, Domingo Pantigoso, Víctor Humareda, Carlos Quíspez-Asín, Federico Reinoso, Bernardo Rivero, Ricardo Sánchez, Adolfo Winternitz, and Sabino Springett. He served as professor at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in 1942 and as director of the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Lima from 1945 to 1949. During this period his palette became increasingly luminous. By 1950 he showed a strong interest in Surrealism and in pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures such as Nazca, Chimú, and especially Vicús, whose artifacts he collected. This resulted in a subtle synthesis between European modernism and pre-Columbian heritage. In the 1960s he returned to abstraction, using color as an independent expressive medium. A dedicated teacher for many years, he trained numerous distinguished students and exhibited widely both in Peru and internationally. Provenance: North American private collection; Spanish private collection of Latin American avant-garde art.
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