Boniface Alfonso

Bonifacio Alfonso - Without title

Técnica: Lithography: 3 inks

Biografía del Artista: Bonifacio Alfonso Gómez Fernández, better known as Bonifacio Alfonso, was born in San Sebastián on June 19, 1933. He was a prominent Spanish painter and engraver, who stood out for his informalist style, situated between surrealism and abstract expressionism. Despite his origin in San Sebastián, Bonifacio Alfonso did not fit into the local tradition of the Basque school, but was more related to the abstract school of Cuenca, being influenced by foreign figures such as Roberto Matta, Willem de Kooning, Pierre Alechinsky and the Cobra group. His work was praised by the sculptor Jorge Oteiza and he exhibited in several European countries, receiving various awards, such as the National Engraving Prize in 1993 and the Arts Prize of the Community of Madrid in 2005. Throughout his career, Bonifacio Alfonso held numerous individual and collective exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout Spain, highlighting his participation in the Biennial of Venice in 1978 and his retrospective at the Reina Sofía Museum in 1992. His work was characterized by the use of mixed techniques, the employment of matter and texture, as well as the use of color and line in an expressive way, managing to create his own, unmistakable language. He died on December 16, 2011, leaving behind a work of great quality and personality, which places him as one of the masters of contemporary Spanish art.

Our gallery participates in the Fig Bilbao Fair 2021 presenting the suite «AVANTI VAPORINI» with works made by BONIFACIO between 1996 and 2011. The exhibition consists of 29 coloured lithographs that make up the suite, 6 preparatory drawings that form part of those that served as a basis for the execution of the lithographs, printed by Antonio Gayo and two lithographic stones drawn by Bonifacio.