TOMAS SANCHEZ

One of Cuba's leading contemporary artists, Tomás Sánchez (b. 1948) is known above of all for his lush and timeless tropical landscapes. Having made his name as part of the Volumen Uno movement, which is credited with transforming Cuban Art, Sánchez won numerous prizes in his homeland, including the Amelia Peláez Award for painting at the inaugural Havana Biennale in 1984, and was given a retrospective at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana while still in his thirties.

His landscapes are inspired by different elements of real places in Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico and Central America. However, they aren't pictures of specific places nor are they postcards; they are idealized mixes of landscapes created through the years he spent practicing yoga. Through this mediative expression he likes to represent the different states of his mind allowing one to breathe in the peace, that even the artist's personality transmits, just by looking at his pieces.

All of his work is an expression of parallel interests that cannot be reduced to a mere chronological progression. In it, landscape enjoys a special place, but his other themes like expressionism, trash can as well as his media - watercolor, oil, acrylic, tempera, ink, pastelcoexist in a ceaseless motion of collaboration.

Tomás Sánchez

"Orilla en día claro y gris" 1990 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48 in

Provenance:

Private Collection, Lima, Peru Christie's, New York. Latin American Art. 22 May 2012, Lot #71. Illustrated on page 150-151 of the catalog.

COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Orilla” 1988 Oil on canvas 43 x 59 in

Provenance:

Private Collection, Mexico City Christie's New York, 23 November 1933, lot 40 Galleria Ramis Barquet, New York

Christie's New York, Latin American Art 13 November 2020, lot 7. Illustrated on page 17 of the catalog

COA by Tomás Sánchez.

COA by Tomás Sánchez

COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Paisaje Cubano” 1988 Acrylic on canvas 27 x 40 in

COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Orilla y nube” 1996 Acrylic on canvas 13 x 39 in

“Inundación” 1981 Oil on canvas

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COA by Tomás Sánchez

Provenance:

Sotheby's

COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Orilla” 1986 Caseina on paper 22 x 29 in Publishing in: Tomas Sanchez Book, by Gabriel Garcia Márquez.

Provenance: Cernuda Art Gallery, Coral Gables. COA by Tomás Sánchez

“El Camino” 1980 Caseina on paper 19 x 28 in COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Del Romerillo al Blanco” 1981 Tempera on paper 13 x 18 in COA by Tomás Sánchez

“Cayos de Mangle” 1984 Casein on paper

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“El Volcan” 1998 Mixed media on paper

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"El Volcán" 1998 Comte on paper

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