The Dream of Arantzazu Martinez Painting

Realistic acrylic painting of Spanish painter Arantzazu Martinez with her painting The Dream, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the... more

by Paul Meijering

Original - Not For Sale

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Dimensions

120.000 x 90.000 x 1.000 cm.

Title

The Dream of Arantzazu Martinez Painting

Artist

Paul Meijering

Medium

Painting - Acrylic Painting On Panel

Description

Realistic acrylic painting of Spanish painter Arantzazu Martinez with her painting The Dream, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 90 x 120 cm.

Arantzazu is a classically trained artist, schooled in the academic painting techniques of the 19th century. She is the only Ibex Master who paints from live models, resulting in nuances of light, volume and even temperature, setting her apart from her fellow masters in the collection.

An alumna of the Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao and the New York Academy of Figurative Art, she refined her classical salon painting under her mentor Jacob Collins, founder of the Water Street Atelier, the Hudson River Fellowship and the Grand Central Academy.

Arantzazu draws inspiration from kindred painters such as Marià Fortuny, Joaquín Sorolla, and, further back, Diego Velázquez, and what she describes as "the pictorial power of the Iberian landscape." Building on Romanticism and Symbolism, Arantzazu is one of the most important representatives of contemporary realism.

Her deliberate compositions with a masterful treatment of light and the human form breathe magic and fantasy, celebrate feminine beauty and comment on women's rights and power with timeless poignancy.

Most of her artworks belong to private collections, but now some of her paintings are on display at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain.

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November 28th, 2022