JULIO POMAR CULEBRAS (Lisbon, 1926-2018).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 197/250.
Signed, dated and justified by hand.
Size: 90 x 60 cm.
The Olympic Suite is made up of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by the critics.
Julio Pomar Culebras trained at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon and Oporto, and it was in the latter city that he began his artistic career with a solo exhibition in 1947. Later he took part in both solo and group exhibitions, mainly in Portugal, but also in Paris. Between 1945 and 1957 his painting was essentially figurative, and he was one of the main representatives of Portuguese Neorealism. Later his work evolved in other directions.