José Luis Zumeta Explained

José Luis Zumeta
Birth Name:José Luis Zumeta Etxeberria
Birth Date:1939 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Guipúzcoa, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Painting

José Luis Zumeta Etxeberria (Guipúzcoa, 19 April 1939 – San Sebastián, ca. 22 April 2020)[1] [2] was a Spanish painter working in an abstract style.

Between 1962 and 1963 he traveled to Stockholm and London, where he would reside for a time. In 1966 he participated in the founding of the one belonging to the so-called Basque School, together with Jorge Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida and Nestor Basterretxea. In 1967 he won the first prize in the Basque Painting Grand Prize competition. In 2002, he exhibited his work at Haim Chanin Fine Arts in New York.

José Luis Zumeta is considered one of the most representative artists of the postwar generation of Basque painters, with the presence of his work in collections of important museums both in the Basque Country and abroad.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fallece a los 81 años el pintor José Luis Zumeta . El Correo . 23 April 2020 . 22 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Muere José Luis Zumeta, el pintor que apelaba a los sentidos . El pais . 24 April 2020 . 22 January 2021.
  3. Web site: José Luis Zumeta . Artium . 22 January 2021.
  4. Web site: José Luis Zumeta . Aunamendi . Basque encyclopedia . 22 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Premios y becas . Artium . 20 February 2021.