LUIS FEITO (Madrid, 1929-2021).Untitled, 1956.Oil on canvas.Work published in the Catalogue of the exhibition: Feito. Work 1952-2002. Retrospective of the artist at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. 2002. P. 114.Presents stamp on the frame of the Egam Gallery (Madrid).Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and dated on the back.Measurements: 57 x 57 cm; 79 x 79 cm (frame).In this work the author conceives the image only through scarce colors, giving prominence to white, red and black, typical of his works of the sixties. These become aware of each other, merging to show a subtle range of shades referring to each of the colors, creating in turn a play of light and shadow that starts from the texture of the work itself. This characteristic denotes the great technical skill of the author, who not only plays with the aesthetic result but also with the symbolic charge associated with each of the colors. 56 was a year of great relevance in the artist's career, since it is when he moved to Paris and settled in the city, thanks to a scholarship. The works of this period show a great tension between the empirical and the theoretical world. Close to abstraction, his compositions still show a certain trace of the physical, which he tried to eliminate. During 1956 and 1958, his works aesthetically approached informalism, although without completely abandoning geometry.Born and trained in Madrid, he was one of the founding members of the El Paso group. In 1954 he held his first solo exhibition, with non-figurative works, at the Buchholz gallery in Madrid. From that moment on Feito exhibited regularly in the most important cities of the world, such as Paris, Milan, New York, Helsinki, Tokyo and Rome. Appointed professor of the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in 1954, two years later he leaves teaching and goes to Paris with a scholarship, in order to study the current avant-garde movements. During this period he was influenced by automatism and matter painting. In 1962 he became a founding member of the El Paso group, with which he had lost contact during his years in Paris. His first works are inscribed within figurative painting, to then go through a phase in which he experiments with cubism, and finally fully enter into abstraction. At the beginning he only used black, ochre and white colors, but when he discovered the potential of light, he began to use more vivid colors and smooth planes. He evolved to use red as a counterpoint in his compositions (since 1962) and, in general, more intense colors. In his abstract phase, which includes the 1970s, Feito shows a clear tendency towards simplification, with the circle predominating in his compositions as a geometric form. Possibly, the influence of Japanese art can be seen in his preference for large bands of black. Most of his works are untitled, so they are usually recognized by a number assigned to them. Among his awards is his appointment as Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 1985. In 1998 he received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Madrid, and was appointed Full Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 2000 he was awarded the Prize of the Spanish Association of Art Critics at the Estampa Salon, in 2002 the AECA Grand Prize for the best international artist at ARCO, in 2003 the prize for the most relevant artist at the Osaka Art Fair (Japan), in 2004 the Prize for the Culture of Plastic Arts of the Community of Madrid, in 2005 the Francisco Tomás Prieto Prize of the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, and in 2008 the Jorge Alió Foundation Prize and the Grand Prize for Spanish Contemporary Art CESMAI. Luis Feito is represented in the most important museums around the world.