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Annunciation – 82/212
Aquerreta, Juan José
Pamplona, 04/11/1946
Oil on canvas
114 x 145.5 cm
1979
Last quarter of the 20th century
82/212
Acquired in 1982
Limited in theme, his painting tends to concentrate on the study of the human figure, the landscape and the still life. His main touchstones come from the classical world and the primitive Italians. Annunciation is in fact close to the aesthetic of the Italian Trecento: a vertical line delimits two planes of colour against which stand two figures -altered shadows- whose chromatic treatment recalls the lime used in fresco painting. [Marta García Maruri]
Selected bibliography
- Sanz Sanz, Rosa María; Fernández López, Alicia. "Pintores navarros contemporáneos en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao", Tercer Congreso General de Historia de Navarra. 20-23 septiembre 1994. pp. 12-13, il.
- Guía Artistas Vascos. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. pp. 166-167.
- Gida Euskal Artistak. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Eder Museoa, 2008. p. 166.
- Guide Basque Artists. Bilbao, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, 2012. pp. 166-167, n° cat. 92a.
- Viar, Javier. Historia del arte vasco : de la Guerra Civil a nuestros días, 1936-2016. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2017. pp. 524-525, il.
- Después del 68 : arte y prácticas artísticas en el País Vasco, 1968-2018 [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2018. p. 340.