Oswaldo vigas and picasso painted

Vigas worked alongside Pablo Picasso while synthesizing the Cubism, Surrealism, and Neo-Figurative movements.

This year would have been Latin American painter and muralist Oswaldo Vigas’ th birthday.

Institutions around the world are honoring this artist who translated Venezuelan heritage through the aesthetics of European modern art with a series of exhibitions organized by his son—filmmaker Lorenzo Vigas—in partnership with the Oswaldo Vigas Foundation.

A number of never-before-seen works by Vigas are on view through May 21 in a svelte, curated show titled Paintings Between Latin America, Africa, and Europe at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. 

The South Florida showcase takes its theme from an interview Vigas gave in the s.

There, Vigas said his colorful semi abstractions honor symbolism from across the Americas.

“The intention of my paintings is to reach them, interpret them,