Ivan Tovar

Born in 1942 in San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, is a painter and printmaker linked to neosurrealism. Before 1963, presented several exhibitions in Santo Domingo. From 1963 to 1983, he lives and works in Paris. He began exhibiting at the Paris Biennale in 1963 being the first Dominican artist. Then he exhibited in Luxembourg, Stockholm, Lisbon and New York.

His best known compositions expressed on large surfaces with colorful fanciful figures, both anthropomorphic and animal, almost biomechanical, which sometimes remind the world of Yves Tanguy or Richard Lindner. In 1968, he won the 2nd. prize in Santo Domingo in the Eduardo Leon Jimenez Contest for a drawing. Critics have described his paintings as neosurrealism, but his compositions display a highly personal symbolic world. Died in the year 2020 in Santo Domingo.

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Nació en 1942 en San Francisco de Macorís en la República Dominicana, es pintor y un “printmaker” ligado al neosurrealismo. Antes de 1963, presentó varias exposiciones en Santo Domingo. A partir de 1963 a 1983, él vive y trabaja en París. Comenzó a exhibir en la Bienales de Paris en 1963 y era el primer artista dominicano. Entonces exhibió en Luxemburgo, Estocolmo, Lisboa y Nueva York.

Sus composiciones más conocidas expresadas en superficies grandes con las figuras imaginarias coloridas, antropomorfas y el animal, casi biomecánica, que recuerdan a veces el mundo Yves Tanguy o Richard Lindner. En 1968, ganó el 2do. premio en Santo Domingo en la competencia de Eduardo León Jiménez por un dibujo. Los críticos han descrito sus pinturas como neosurrealistas, pero sus composiciones exhiben un mundo simbólico altamente personal. Murió en el año 2020 en Santo Domingo.

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Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
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Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
Tovar Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Tovar
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…
IVAN TOVAR Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En...
Poster for the exposition of art works organized by the Villand and Gallanis art Gallery in Paris France on June 4, 1973. Paper dimension is 20 by 30 inches. En…