Waldo Balart Kleurenets 'Untitled’ 1979 Gesigneerd

GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION

Waldo Balart (Cuba 1931)

Kleurenets 'Untitled’ 1979

Gesigneerd, getitleld en gedateerd met potlood

Afmetingen 34 x 34 cm.

Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. Although the genre was popularized by avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century, similar motifs have been used in art since ancient times.

Waldo Balart (born February 10, 1931) is a Cuban painter and sculptor living in Madrid, Spain.Born in Banes, Cuba, Díaz-Balart is the son of the tayor of Banes, Rafael José Díaz-Balart. Díaz-Balart studied accounting and political science and economics in Havana before moving to New York City to pursue art studies in 1959. From 1959 to 1962 he studied art in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1967 he became a lecturer in many cultural centres and universities of the United States, Poland, Spain, Germany and Netherlands. He acted in two movies by Andy Warhol, The Life of Juanita Castro (1965) and The Loves of Ondine (1968). He was friends with fellow Andy Warhol actor Louis Waldon.