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José Ortega
José Ortega is born in 1921 in Arroba de los Montes (Spain). His family moves to Madrid in 1934 and in his early years the young boy is being interest in art. At age 15, then the Spanish civil war breaks out, Ortega is already a protest artist. He joins the Communist Party, is being sentenced to 10 years in prison (1947); acquitted in 1952, José Ortega enrolls at the National School of Graphic Arts and at the free Club of Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1953, he receives a French government...
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Biography of José Ortega
José Ortega is born in 1921 in Arroba de los Montes (Spain). His family moves to Madrid in 1934 and in his early years the young boy is being interest in art. At age 15, then the Spanish civil war breaks out, Ortega is already a protest artist. He joins the Communist Party, is being sentenced to 10 years in prison (1947); acquitted in 1952, José Ortega enrolls at the National School of Graphic Arts and at the free Club of Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1953, he receives a French government scholarship to study at the School Estienne, and the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He returns to Spain between 1954 and 1960, living in hiding. The artist travels to China, gets some prizes (Warsaw, 1955). In 1958 he founds the group "Popular Prints". Ortega goes into exile in Paris between 1960 and 1970 where he is considered as one of the major Spanish artists of the new generation. His art (painting, printmaking, drawing) receives numerous awards and the artist exhibits a lot in France and abroad (Paris, St. Louis, Toronto, Philadelphia, Turin, Rome, Zurich, Essen, Luxembourg, Brussels). In 1972, the artist presents the cycle of 60 etchings "Ortega + Dürer" at the Museum of Nuremberg. In all facets of his work, he now works on many series (including, among others, "Birth and Death of Innocents" and "Decalogue for Democracy"). His work evolves from the 80s to a less schematic representation, tinged with metaphysics and steeped in mystery. José Ortega dies in Paris in December 1990.
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La Pochade 66
1966 Original poster, lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist, made for the exhibition of the artist "Dessins et temperas" at La Pochade gallery, Paris. Without
Greetings card
1967 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Nesto Jacometti Ed., Bern. Without
Unknown title
Circa 1970 Etching with carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Rebellion
1971 Original etching, signed in white pencil by the artist. Without
La rapt des Sabines
1971 Original etching, signed in white pencil by the artist. Without
Clashes
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Civil war
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Lupi
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Lion
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Enamovados
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Execution
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the serie "Dürer". Without
Lion and horse
1971 Original etching and carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Two women
Circa 1980 Original etching in carborundum, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Single work 
Composition II
1968 Gouache, signed in pencil in the lower right by the artist. Without
Single work 
Composition I
1968 Gouache, signed in pencil in the lower right by the artist. Without
Unknown title IV
Circa 1970 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Unknown
Title unknown III
Circa 1965 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Title unknown II
Circa 1965 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Title unknown I
Circa 1965 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. WithoutCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Not realised. All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read from or about the artist :
* « Espana a 3 voces », Ana Marcos et autres, illustrations de l'artiste, Ed. La Rosa Blindad, Buenos Aires, 1963* « Omaggio a Dürer », Germanisch Museum, Nuremberg (Allemagne), 1972
* « Omaggio al Cubismo », catalogue d'exposition collective, Scuola di Belle Arti di San Fernando, Madrid, 1986
* « Artisti per la pace », catalogue d'exposition collective, Palazzo di Cristallo dei Retiro, Madrid, 1987
* « Omaggio a José Ortega - antologia di opere dal 1968 al 1990 », catalogue d'exposition, Alberico Sala, Galleria Appiani Arte 32, Milan, 1990
* « José Ortega - Pittura e opere », catalogue d'exposition, Centro de Exposicione di Ciudad Real (Espagne), 1993
* « ¡Mira! Ortega a Matera », catalogue d'exposition, Museo della Scultura Contemporanea, Matera, 2015
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Art movements
- + SCHOOL OF PARIS / 1945-1960 / Jean Degottex, Georges Mathieu, Nicolas de Staël, etc.
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