1950
Óscar Domínguez was an abstract, Surrealist artist who popularized the decalcomania technique of layering thin sheets of gouache on paper and then applying it to canvas. He practiced Surrealist automatism, which was used prominently by early 20th-century Dadaists. In a trance-like state, the artist becomes a conduit through which uninhibited, raw thoughts can flow through a paintbrush, pen or other tool. The result is the uncanny imagery of the subconscious mind realized in paintings and sculptures.
Domínguez was interested in art at a young age, due in part to the acromegaly disease that kept him from more physical pursuits. He found solace and freedom in creative expression. He spent his youth on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, raised by his grandmother. At 21, Domínguez moved to Paris, France. He worked for his father’s fruit export business by day. At night, he frequented cabarets and immersed himself in the culture. He also avidly visited museums and attended classes at different art schools. He became enamored with the works of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French painter Yves Tanguy, which influenced his early paintings and drawings.
Domínguez had his first solo show in 1933 at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Tenerife. His work is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Bilbao Fine Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Domínguez’s paintings and sculptures influenced artists like Max Ernst and Hans Bellmer.
On 1stDibs, find a selection of Óscar Domínguez’s paintings, prints and multiples and drawings and watercolors.
San Lazzaro, Cubist Lithograph Composition by Alberto Magnelli
By Alberto Magnelli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Alberto Magnelli, Italian (1888 - 1971) Title: San Lazzaro Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 400/575 Paper Size: 14...
Lithograph
Baj Chez Picasso 7, Cubist Etching by Enrico Baj
By Enrico Baj
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Baj Chez Picasso 7 Year: 1969 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 58/100 Image Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches ...
Etching
Magique, Signed Cubist Aquatint Etching with Carborundum by Max Papart
By Max Papart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Magique by Max Papart, French (1911–1994) Date: circa 1970 Aquatint Etching with Carborundum, signed and numbered in red crayon Edition of 50/100 Size: 25.5 in. x 19 in. (64.77 cm x ...
Etching, Intaglio
Still Life, Cubist Etching by Oscar Dominguez
By Óscar Domínguez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oscar Dominguez, Spanish (1906 - 1957) - Still Life, Medium: Etching on Japon, numbered in pencil, Edition: 4/10, Image Size: 8.25 x 7 inches, Size: 15 x 11.25 in. (38.1 x 28.58 cm...
Etching
Cubist Composition, Lithograph by Jean Helion
By Jean Hélion
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Hélion was a French painter (1904 - 1987) whose abstract work of the 1930's established him as a leading modernist. His mid-career rejection of abstraction was followed by nearl...
Lithograph
Baj Chez Picasso 3, Cubist Etching by Enrico Baj
By Enrico Baj
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Baj Chez Picasso 3 Year: 1969 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 86/100 Image Size: 18.5 x 15 inch...
Etching
Untitled from El Circulo de Piedra portfolio
By Agustín Cárdenas
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Cardenas (1927-2003) Untitled from El Circulo de Piedra, 1971 One of fifteen original lithographs, signed and numbered by the artist, commissioned t...
Lithograph
Asymmetric Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph by M. Avenali - 1060s
By Marcello Avenali
Located in Roma, IT
Asymmetric Abstract Composition is an original lithograph realized by Marcello Avalani between 1960's and 1970. Hand signed in pencil on lower right margin and numbered in pencil on...
Lithograph
Antonio Eligio Fernández Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed silkscreen 1988
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Eligio Fernández (Cuba, 1958) 'Tres Besos', 1988 silkscreen on paper Guarro Geler 27.6 x 20.1 in. (70 x 51 cm.) Edition of 125 ID: TON-301 Hand-signed by author
Paper, Engraving, Screen
(after) Julio Gonzalez - "Personnage virulent" lithograph
By Julio González 1
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1957 by Mourlot and published by the Galerie Berggruen for a rare catalogue. Size: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (183 x 113 mm)....
Lithograph
Oscar Dominguez Surrealist Still Life Lithograph
By Óscar Domínguez
Located in New Windsor, NY
Oscar M. Dominguez (1906-1957) Surrealist still life in front of a window. Lithograph on paper. The piece is signed lower left in pencil, Dominguez and an edition of 137/200. Blind s...
Paper
Asymmetric Abstract Composition - Lithograph by M. Avenali - 1960s
By Marcello Avenali
Located in Roma, IT
Asymmetric Abstract Composition is an original lithograph realized by Marcello Avalani between 1960s and 1970s. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin and numbered in pencil...
Lithograph
Through collage, painting and printmaking, the artist foregrounded Black life in America in revolutionary new ways.
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
