This is a gorgeous lithograph by famed Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman, and measures around 30" x 22" (76 x 56cm). This print is "Bach" from the Sound of Color portfolio. Printed in 1976, by Faquet-Baudier, Paris, and published by Lublin Graphics, CT.
Leonardo Nierman's paintings vibrantly come to life as they capture the intensity and spontaneity of the dynamic forces that rule both nature and the cosmos. With swirling whirlpools of color, darting flame-like wisps, and brilliant hues as dazzling as a sun, they are dramatic in their representation of that which is unchallenged, though perhaps not quite understood.
Born in Mexico City in 1932, Mr. Nierman showed great enthusiasm in the arts even as a young child. In 1951, he received his Bachelor degree in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Mexico. He later made studies of the Psychology of Color and the Harmony of Form in Space. His full career includes numerous distinctions, awards, and exhibitions.
He has painted murals for the School of Commerce of the University City in Mexico,1956; the "Golden West Savings" in San Francisco, 1965; and the Princeton University Physics Building,1969.
Mr.Nierman's more recent One-Man shows include those at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City in 1972; and in 1973, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogota, Columbia, the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, the Wally F. Galleries in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Madrid, and the Tucson Art Center. Some group shows include exhibitions at Waddington Galleries in Montreal, 1968; Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, 1968; Lowe Art Museum of the University of Miami, 1969; OEA Pavilion-Hemis Fair '68 in San Antonio, Texas, 1968; and the Caroll Reece Museum in Tennessee, 1969.
Among the several museums and galleries that have permanent collections of his works are:
Museum of Modern Art and the Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico
Museum of Modern Art in Halfa, Israel Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Museum of Modern Art in New York
El Paso Museum of Art
Pan American Union in Washington, D.C. Museo de Ponce in Puerto Rico
Santa Barbara Museum in California
Vatican Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Bogota Museum of Contemporary Art
Academy of Fine Arts, Honolulu
Museum of Contemporary Arts in Madrid.
His numerous awards include: an Honorary Degree from the University of Mexico in 1960, a prize in a contest of Mexican Contemporary Art, sponsored by the Art Institute of Mexico, in 1964, an award of the Palme D'Or des Beaux Arts of Monaco in 1969, the Silver Medal in 1970 and the Gold Medal in 1972 from the Foundation "Tomasso Campanella" in Italy, and the award of the Royce Medal in New York in 1970.
In addition, he has been a Life Fellow of "the Royal Society of the Arts" in London since 1965.
