Isabel Quintanilla...
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Pansies and watch, by Isabel Quintanilla (1964)
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection
Glass of Carnations, by Isabel Quintanilla (1969)
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection - Madrid
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection
11/03/24 - We discovered the Spanish artist, Isabel Quintanilla, thanks to the exhibition currently on display at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid and we assume that the same must have happened to many viewers, since this is her first solo exhibition.
Although she is included in the Spanish realist movement, Quintanilla (1938-2017) is a contemporary hyperrealist: the detail, the impeccable craftmanship, the handling of light and the brush stand out in each of the 90 paintings presented. This absolute mastery of the technique must have been acquired after going through different schools, which allowed her, as she herself expressed it, to “experience reality in another way.”
In this reality, which is her own and very similar to that of our grandparents or great-grandparents with interiors from the 40s and 50s of the 20th century, the artist does not include figures in her works, only objects. However, this absence provokes an unexpected emotion: as a viewer I recognize these spaces (they seem familiar to me) and since there are no people created by the artist, I include myself in them or my loved ones. It's this experience of absence what makes it different.
Although she is included in the Spanish realist movement, Quintanilla (1938-2017) is a contemporary hyperrealist: the detail, the impeccable craftmanship, the handling of light and the brush stand out in each of the 90 paintings presented. This absolute mastery of the technique must have been acquired after going through different schools, which allowed her, as she herself expressed it, to “experience reality in another way.”
In this reality, which is her own and very similar to that of our grandparents or great-grandparents with interiors from the 40s and 50s of the 20th century, the artist does not include figures in her works, only objects. However, this absence provokes an unexpected emotion: as a viewer I recognize these spaces (they seem familiar to me) and since there are no people created by the artist, I include myself in them or my loved ones. It's this experience of absence what makes it different.
Bathroom, by Isabel Quintanilla (1968)
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection
Technique: pencil on paper
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection - Germany
We chose works from the 60s and 70s because they are exquisite expressions of nature and everyday environments, with a restricted palette and maximum detail. We only present a single painting from the 1990s in bright colors, apparently considered the “star” of this exhibition.
A final detail: the signs indicate that almost all of the paintings belong to private collections in Germany (where she presented her paintings in galleries) and Spain.
Technique: oil on wood
Private Collection
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