Miguel Condé
Encyclopedia
Miguel Condé is a Mexican
figurative
painter, draughtsman
, and printmaker
.
, to a Mexican father and an American mother. He split his time between Mexico and the United States until 1948 when he moved to New York with his mother. In 1956 he rented a studio in New York and began to study anatomy with Stephen Rogers Peck. In 1959 he moved to Mexico and a year later married Carola Schisel. In 1963 he was awarded a scholarship by the French government (Bourse d’Etudes Libres) so he moved to Paris
where he studied with Stanley William Hayter
in his Atelier 17. While in Paris his son Amadeo was born. In 1969 he returned to the United States and was an instructor of drawing and mixed media in the graduate program at the University of Iowa
School of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
. While living there, his daughter Caëtana María del Pilar was born. In 1969 he traveled to France and then moved with his family to Sitges
, Catalonia
, Spain
.
In 1971 he met Juana Mordó, who offered him his first exhibition in Spain, which occurred in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s he received many honors and awards and continued to exhibit his work around the world. In 1993 he met Dan Benveniste who would become his printer and collaborator.
Condé now lives and works between Madrid
and Sitges
in Spain
.
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
figurative
Figurative art
Figurative art, sometimes written as figurativism, describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.-Definition:...
painter, draughtsman
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, and printmaker
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
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Biography
Condé was born in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, to a Mexican father and an American mother. He split his time between Mexico and the United States until 1948 when he moved to New York with his mother. In 1956 he rented a studio in New York and began to study anatomy with Stephen Rogers Peck. In 1959 he moved to Mexico and a year later married Carola Schisel. In 1963 he was awarded a scholarship by the French government (Bourse d’Etudes Libres) so he moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
where he studied with Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter , CBE was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris...
in his Atelier 17. While in Paris his son Amadeo was born. In 1969 he returned to the United States and was an instructor of drawing and mixed media in the graduate program at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
School of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...
. While living there, his daughter Caëtana María del Pilar was born. In 1969 he traveled to France and then moved with his family to Sitges
Sitges
*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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In 1971 he met Juana Mordó, who offered him his first exhibition in Spain, which occurred in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s he received many honors and awards and continued to exhibit his work around the world. In 1993 he met Dan Benveniste who would become his printer and collaborator.
Condé now lives and works between Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and Sitges
Sitges
*Church of Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla . It houses two Gothic sepulchres , belonging to the an older church located on the same site...
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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Awards and professional honors
- Recipient of a Guggenheim Latin American Fellowship http://www.gf.org/fellows/2871-miguel-conde, 1974
- First prize for printmaking, Landesbank, StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, 1981 - First prize “I/89 Euroamericana del Grabado”, Centro de Grabado Contemporáneo of A Coruña, Spain, 1989
- Named lifetime member of the Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français, 1991
- Invited artist, “II Bienal Internacional de Gravado” of the Caixa de Ourense in OurenseOurenseOurense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia. Its population of 108,674 accounts for 30% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia.-Population:...
, Spain, 1992 - Invited by the City of MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
to design the poster for the San IsidroIsidore the LaborerIsidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer, , was a Spanish day laborer known for his goodness toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid and of La Ceiba, Honduras....
festivities, 2000 - MacDowell ColonyMacDowell ColonyThe MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
Fellow http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php - Premio Penagos de Dibujo http://www.mapfre.com/fundacion/es/becasypremios/cultura/premios/penagos-ganadores.shtml
Collections
His work is represented in numerous museums and collections:- Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York - Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn MuseumThe Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
in New York - Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...
- Blanton Museum of ArtBlanton Museum of ArtThe Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art is the art museum and research center of the University of Texas at Austin. Formerly under the College of Fine Arts, the museum director now reports to the University's...
in Austin - University of EssexUniversity of EssexThe University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
Collection of Latin American Art - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaThe Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art . The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain...
in Madrid - AlbertinaAlbertinaThe Albertina is a museum in Vienna, Austria, containing the world's best collection of old master prints and drawings.Albertina, a feminine adjectival form of Albert , may also refer to:...
in Vienna - Bibliothèque nationale de FranceBibliothèque nationale de FranceThe is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...
in Paris
Selected works
- Untitled (1971), Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York.http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A1208&page_number=2&template_id=1&sort_order=1 - Plomo (1977), Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn MuseumThe Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
.http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/148489/Plomo/set/a520ff75880bf3209bd5b08ab2a41d11?referring-q=Miguel+Condé - Messerschmitt (1973), Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...
.http://www.clevelandart.org/collections/collection%20online.aspx?type=refresh&searchoption=1&csearch=Artist%20/%20Maker:Miguel%20Conde%20(Mexican,%20b.%201939) - Untitled (1972-1973), University of Iowa Museum of ArtUniversity of Iowa Museum of ArtThe University of Iowa Museum of Art is a visual arts institution that is part of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, USA.-Introduction:The University of Iowa Museum of Art, established in 1969, has one of the top university art collections in the country...
.http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/uima&CISOPTR=16317&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 - Sin título, Colección MAPFRE, Madrid.http://www.coleccionesmapfrearte.com/artistas/miguel_conde
- Catálogo Ibercaja http://documentarte.ibercaja.es/html/res_ca_obras.phtml?codigo=93&tabla=exposiciones
- Untitled (drinkers) (1993), University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UECLAA).http://www.ueclaa.org/ueclaaOnline/ArtworksList.jsp?&letter=C&ArtistID=5935&firstname=Miguel&surname=Cond%E9&dob=1939&dod=&tab=listworks&from=country
External links
- Miguel Condé official website
- Condé Miguel - Artista - Colecciones Artísticas FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE
- Documentarte: Condé. Pinturas, gouaches, dibujos y grabados (1973-1985)
- Radio France Internationale - Miguel Condé, gentleman del grabado
- Periódico Excélsior - Miguel Condé, inspiración mediterránea
- "Condé, o los filos del encuentro", article by José Antonio Millán
- Video excerpt taken from the DVD “Artistes de Sitges”
- Artists of/de Atelier 17, 1950-1976
- Galería Pedro Torres - Miguel Condé
- Galleria del Leone - Miguel Condé
- Warnock Fine Arts - Miguel Condé
- Galerie Michele Broutta - Dessins de Miguel Condé
- Galerie Michele Broutta - Gravures de Miguel Condé
- Société des Francs Bibliophiles - livre d’artiste Miguel Condé
- Miguel Condé at PicassoMio.com