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Ecuadorian painter Enrique Tábara Zerna, also known as Luis Enrique Tábara, was born in Guayaquil in 1930. His work evolves from figures associated with urban life towards abstraction, and then towards a so-called ancestralist exploration informed by pre-Columbian cultures. His early works depict, among other things, grotesque figures, marginalised people from Guayaquil, prostitutes and portraits. From 1953, he turns towards a more abstract style of painting.
In 1946, he enters the School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil, where he studies under Hans Michaelson and Luis Martinez Serrano, completing his training in 1951. His first exhibition in the United States is held in 1954 at the Organization of American States in Washington; in 1963, he represents Ecuador at the third Paris Biennale alongside Humberto Moré and Theo Constanté. In 1955, the Ecuadorian government awards him a scholarship to study at the Llotja School in Barcelona. After nine years living and working in Europe, he returns to Ecuador in 1964.
On his return, he develops a movement described as ancestralist, inspired by pre-Columbian cultures. Shortly afterwards, he founds the informalist group VAN, an abbreviation of Vanguardia Artística Nacional. He dies on 25 January 2021.
This profile brings together identity references for Enrique Tábara and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · DognyAuction
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Oil on canvas
Geometrische Komposition.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 4800 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 2200
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Ohne Titel.
Aquarell
Date to be documented
Published result : 120 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 200
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Ohne Titel.
Tusche und Aquarell
Date to be documented
Published result : 250 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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"Nocturno".
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200
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Abstrakte Komposition in rechteckiger Form.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 1150 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1100
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Oil on canvas
L’entrée des secrets
Huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 10000 CHF
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Oil on canvas
Rococo
huile sur toile
Date to be documented
Published result : 3746 CHF
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