Original Antonio de Felipe’s exhibition poster which depicts the face of Shirley Temple, the iconic female body of a Menina and Snowy (Tintin’s dog). This exhibition took place at “Museu De La Ciutat” from Decembre 1995 to January 1996 in Valencia, Spain.
Did you know…?
Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938.
On the other side, the Meninas were girls of noble birth who were sent to the palace to serve the queen or her daughters. The most famous Meninas are the ones depicted in Diego Velázquez's painting, which is named after them (see last picture).
In addition to this, Snowy (French: Milou) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy made his debut on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, which was serialised in Le Petit Vingtième until May 1930.
Made in Valencia, Spain.
Size: 68x48cm
Printed in 1995
Style: Pop art
Artist: Antonio de Felipe
A Pop artist in the broadest sense of the term, Antonio de Felipe graduated from university with a BFA and has lived and worked in Madrid for over ten years. He worked in the creative department of an advertising agency for many years, an experience that undoubtedly influenced his pictorial style and his method of conveying powerful messages through art.
In a creative career spanning more than two decades, he has held over seventy solo shows in Spain and abroad and an equal number of group exhibitions at numerous venues: Casa de Vacas and Galería Seiquer (Madrid); Galería María José Castellví and Museu Picasso (Barcelona); Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad (MUVIM) and Museo de la Ciudad (Valencia); Fundación Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK); the Provincial Councils of Cádiz, Córdoba and Seville; Levy Galerie (Hamburg); Galerie Terminus (Munich); Andipa Gallery (London); Galerie Salvador (Paris); Galleri GKM (Malmö, Sweden); FMR/Franco Maria Ricci (Rome); and the SOMA and Lee Gallery (Seoul), among others.
He has also ventured into other creative fields, from cinema to journalism. He collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar on the film Live Flesh and created continuity announcements for Telemadrid; he has designed crockery for the Santa Clara porcelain brand, posters and album covers; and he has contributed to major publications such as ByN Dominical, El País, Magazine (the Sunday supplement of El Mundo), Marie Claire, ELLE, Qué leer and Rolling Stone.
The artist’s works can be found in many important public and private collections, including those of the Institut Valencià d’Arte Modern (IVAM), the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation in New Orleans, the Col-lecció Testimoni of Fundació “La Caixa”, the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, the Kneip Art Collection in Luxembourg, and the Montblanc Cultural Foundation.
Antonio de Felipe is undoubtedly Spain's most internationally renowned Pop artist today, and he can claim the distinction of being the only Spaniard to participate in Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend, an exhibition that toured to London, Istanbul, Madrid, Lisbon, Helsinki, Chicago, Dallas and other cities.
Material: paper.
Language: Valencian
Condition: as seen on the pictures.
This is not a recent issue, replica or tourist souvenir.
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