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Artwork by JoseLuis De la Barra

Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

About JoseLuis De la Barra

JoseLuis De la Barra published in Art Bussines News, “Emergent Artist”, September, 2001.USA - José De la Barra, from Peru, graduated from the National School of Fine Arts of Peru (Lima, Peru). His style is characterized by emotional art with a welcoming, tender, subtle attitude and personal representations. De la Barra clinging to the figurative support of his work, runs through his stylistic project with total freedom, without stopping at confined disquisitions, letting the imagination flow harmoniously with airs taken from reality so that the magical surreal prevails, favoring the presence of an original . work of own instructions. A scene that suggests intentionality with an air of subtle eroticism, in the midst of a scenic delirium, where two butterflies pretend to carry away, like a child's kite, the fabric that makes an improvised mask for the standing nymph, leaving the imagination free to feel the touch of the skin of the woman lying down; the scene fragments the plane giving the sensation of being in the sea; two little birds participate in the game, one that observes and the other that seems to have the key at the end of the thread that it holds with its beak for the duration of the scene; in the background, silent witnesses of a serene sea and a multicolored sky that silently accompany the allegory. Imaginary characters, bathed in fantasy, emulating candid harlequins, dreamy beings entertained in activities, simplicity, dispersion, leisure, fairy tale characters, oneiric carnival, dressed in festive colors, characters that populate the fantastic world of the painter. In his works, the rich coloration of the composition denotes a luminous conception of its purpose, which runs through harmonic patterns that flirt with the decorative; where the painter with a firm line shows his mastery of the academic to establish his own pictorial concept, strengthening his attitude in imagination for his task, ideas that he solves effectively with recreations that allow him to show off his skill in handling color and shape. José de la Barra navigates through the outline of the figures, induced by intentions of primary harmonization, which he enriches with the intensity of the color that prevails factors of overexpression; bright color and harmonious contrasts at the same time, gives it a mystical air, maintaining a fantastic, Prizes and distinctions: - First prize , Mural (Bellas Artes) Lima Peru (1985). - Prize: “International Art Contest-1998”, Soho, New York (1999). -prize: "The Best 123 soho 2006 Award", New York, 2006 Contents received from: - Central Ricerche e Divulgazione Culturale Center, Itatly (1989). - Peru Consulate, Iquique,Chile (1991). - Visual image, UNICEF, New York (1994). - USA Embassy, Lima (1995). - Cancer Institute, Lima, (1998). - “Art 2000”, for Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York (1999) - “Art Crowd Magazine”, New York (1999) -Qbix Magazine, "Fantasy arts", Philadelphia,2007, USA. Individual exhibitions: Art Gallery 715: “Floral”, (1990), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Musical”, (1991), Peru. Armonia Gallery : “Natural”, (1992), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Floral”, (1993), Peru. Art Gallery 715 : “Landscapes”, (1994), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Musicos Andinos”, (1996), Peru. Art Gallery 715: “Sounds”, (1998), Peru. Art Gallery American Development Bank: “Interiours”, (1999), Washington,USA. Agora Gallery: “Fantasy Figures”, (1999), Soho New York, USA River Bank Gallery: “Faces”, (2002), New York, USA. Period Gallery, "Color Impact" Nebrasca, USA 2005. International Art Fairs: ART REVOLUTION TAIPEI 2012,2013,14,15,16,18 Taiwan. Museo de la Nacion, Arte contemporaneo 2022, Maravillart, Lima,Peru