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Luis Buñuel

Alberto Gironella.1990

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

A portrait bust of filmmaker Luis Buñuel on a striped background in blue and red, with frames around his hands and face in red, pink, beige and dark brown.
This serigraphy of Gironella is based on his 1975 painting "Festín a Buñuel" (Feast to Buñuel). It is a reproduction of that artwork made in the context of Luis Buñuel 75th birthday.
Luis Buñuel (1900-1983) was a spanish film director that naturalices him as mexican, good friend of Gironella.
Both the painting an serigraphy try to show some aspects of Buñuel´s perosnality and ideas.

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  • Title: Luis Buñuel
  • Creator: Alberto Gironella.
  • Creator Lifespan: 1929 - 1999
  • Creator Nationality: Mexican
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Creator Birth Place: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Date: 1990
  • Date Created: 1990
  • Physical Location: Mexico
  • Location: Puebla, Mexico
  • Location Created: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: Gironella 76/150
  • Physical Dimensions: h113 x w76 cm (Complete)
  • Painter: Alberto Gironella
  • Origin: Mexico
  • Provenance: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Type: Printmaking
  • Rights: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • External Link: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Medium: Screen printing
  • Art Movement: La Ruptura, Surrealism
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

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