Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

DESENHO 39X48 SILKSCREEN

Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

DESENHO 39X48 SILKSCREEN

Designed By Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza started drawing at the age of six. With a great variety of drawings on his portfolio, many of them are inspired by mythology and historic scenes.

“The drawings are what came to my mind in this very moment. I like mythology and expressing the stories in images. I have made a lot of mythological drawing in my life.”

Álvaro Siza

DESENHO (Man Painting) - The painting shows someone who begins a drawing, looking on the paper with a pen in the hand.

Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen
Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

Álvaro Siza describes the very special moment of taking the decision to make a painting, facing the white paper.

A reproduction of his situation, doing this series of paintings: not knowing what to do until the decision to draw was being made. Then the idea of mythology came to his mind.

“It is, in some way, an expression of my personal moment making drawings. But it is not a self-portrait, I am quite different than this man. It is not a specific person on purpose, because everyone makes drawings. Maybe not everyone does it, but everyone could do it.”

Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

DESIGNER

Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

ÁLVARO SIZA

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira was born in Matosinhos in 1933.

He studied Architecture at Porto School of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1955, his first work was built in 1954. He was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, the city where he practices his profession.

Álvaro Siza is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; he is an "Honorary Fellow" of the RIBA / Royal Institute of British Architects; member of the BDA/Bund Deutscher Architekten; “Honorary Fellow” and “Honorary FAIA” by the AIA/American Institute of Architects; member of the Académie d'Architecture de France; the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts; the IAA/International Academy of Architecture; of National Geographic Portugal; Honorary Member and Honorary Member of the Portuguese Architects Association; member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Honorary Professor at Southeast University China and China Academy of Art and Honorary Member of the Academy of Portuguese Language Schools of Architecture and Urbanism. Álvaro Siza is one of the most important contemporary European architects and the main representative of the modern age in Portugal. He received the Pritzker Prize in 1992 for his life's work.

INFORMATION

PRITING METHOD 

Screen printing technique, also known as silkcreen

PRODUCTION 

Made In  Portugal

PRODUCT TYPE 

Painting 

DESIGNER 

Álvaro Siza

USE 

Decorative

LIMITED EDITIONS

Edition of 50, numbered and signed by the artist

DIMENSIONS

- Image size in 21 x 30 cm
- Total size in 39 x 48 cm

Mor Design Desenho 39x48 Silkscreen

OTHER DETAILS

The original drawings were made using a ballpoint pen (CAVALO DE TROIA and DESENHO) and a pencil (RAPTO), all on white paper. However, for the screen prints, instead of having the drawings simply printed on a white background, Siza opted to add soft colours on each drawing, enriching the visual experience

MATERIALS

Silkscreen technique (also known as screen printing) on Fabriano paper | 300gr.