
The significant simplicity of Hopper and Larraz.
Many times, an artist creates his own universes that begin, develop and live eternally within his works. The creation of stories and characters that
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Óleo sobre lienzo/ Oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm
60 x 72 in
Oil on canvas
127 x 152.4 cm
50 x 60 in
Óleo sobre lienzo/ Oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm
60 x 72 in
Oil on canvas/ Óleo sobre lienzo
76 x 102 cm
29 7/8 x 40 1/8 in
Óleo sobre lienzo/ Oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm
60 x 72 in
183 x 152 cm
72 x 59 7/8 in
152 x 183 cm
59 7/8 x 72 1/8 in
152 x 183 cm
59 7/8 x 72 in
152 x 183 cm
59 7/8 x 72 1/8 in
152 x 183 cm
59 7/8 x 72 in
183 x 152 cm
72 1/8 x 59 7/8 in
152 x 183 cm
59 7/8 x 72 in
152 x 183 cm
Oil on canvas
76 x 102 cm
29 7/8 x 40 1/8 in
Oil on canvas
50 x 61 cm
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
60 x 72 cm
Julio Larraz, a native Cuban, is one of the most representative figures of Latin American art today. He has developed in painting, caricature, engraving, drawing and sculpture techniques.
Born in 1944, Julio Larraz arrived in New York in 1972 where he began working as a cartoonist for Rolling Stone and Time Magazine. Later he devoted himself to painting. He is a self-taught painter, known for his extraordinary use of white and light. Larraz has a multitude of themes in his work, he captures the instant and the quiet moment where his seductive technique and sense of humor stand out. After living in New York for many years, Larraz moved to Miami and now lives in Florence, Italy. An important monograph on his work was published by Skira.
His work presents cultural and everyday scenes of life in the Caribbean: bullfights, white linen costumes and maritime scenes. He also sometimes uses the brush to allude to the corruption of power and social imperfections; he uses cut-out compositions and obscured faces to make his pictorial narratives a denouncing, powerful, yet ambiguous enigma.
His American Realist influence is persistent and unmistakably drawn from his training as a painter in New York. Like artists such as Edward Hooper, Andrew Wyeth and Giorgio de Chirico, he initially presents us with a work of apparent Realism, but the deeper we get into it, the more we will see an evident complexity accompanied by a narrative universe.
Many times, an artist creates his own universes that begin, develop and live eternally within his works. The creation of stories and characters that
Three Cuban artists, shadow, light and chiaroscuro: Wifredo Lam, Julio Larraz and Ariel Cabrera If to any moderately trained viewer or a regular con
Julio Larraz, a native Cuban, is one of the most representative figures of Latin American art today. He has developed in painting, caricature, engrav