Baltasar Lobo is regarded as one of the leading Modernist sculptors of his generation. He arrived in Paris in February 1939 as a refugee from the Spanish Civil War. Having...
Baltasar Lobo is regarded as one of the leading Modernist sculptors of his generation. He arrived in Paris in February 1939 as a refugee from the Spanish Civil War. Having escaped Franco’s Fascist regime, Lobo quickly became immersed in the vibrant avant-garde community of Montparnasse, where he forged close connections with the School of Paris including Picasso, Lipchitz, Giacometti, Le Corbusier and Henri Laurens. Lobo had a particularly strong friendship with Laurens for whom he worked as a studio assistant.
The human figure lies at the core of Baltasar Lobo’s practice. Through depicting the body both sculpturally and graphically the artist was able to experiment with ideas of line, form, emotion and physicality. For Lobo, the feminine form offered a means to discover the essential emotional and physical forces of human existence. A remarkable draughtsman, ‘Visage’ is an early drawing by Lobo, that documents his surroundings in the Parisian avant-garde and immersion into understanding the psyche of a person. Lobo exaggerates the dark haunting eyes and hand of the striking hooded woman to create a bold depiction in strokes of powerful ink.
During his life, Lobo was awarded the Spanish National Prize for Sculpture. His work is now featured in many major international collections including the Centro d'Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Tokyo National Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg; National Gallery, Prague; State Gallery, Stuttgart and Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao.