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Biography
Portuguese painter born in Lisbon. Agronomist, self-taught, he started painting in 1940. Awarded the Mention of Honour, Brussels, 1958 and the AICA Award, 1982. In the 50's his painting was influenced by Mondrian and became representative of geometrical abstractionism. In the II Exposição de Artes Plásticas of Gulbenkian Foundation, in 1961, he presented works seen as a rupture with the preceding decade, and therefore was, together with Paula Rego, the precursors of the "new figuration". His paintings are memorized registers of his journeys, of his personal life, and in the 60's, during the dictatorship, of political issues that were suppressed by the censorship a investigação sobre cromatismo. He built up a theory of painting following precise investigations about chromatism, which were published under the titles The Complementarism in Painting, 1982, and Painting Right, 1995. Group exhibitions (selection): 1957 IV São Paulo Biennale, Brazil, 1958 Brussels Universal Expo; 1965 VIII Tokyo International Biennale¸ 1973 Pintura Portuguesa de Hoje, Abstractos e Neo-Figurativos, Barcelona, Salamanca, Lisbon, 1976 Arte Portuguesa, Lund Museum, Sweden, 1974 Expo Aica, SNBA, Lisbon, 1979 Pintura e Escultura Contemporâneas, Palácio dos Congressos, Madrid, 1983 Gulbenkian Foundation CAM, 1986 Le XXème au Portugal, Brussels, 1987-88 70-80 Art in Portugal, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, USA. The Chiado Museum has shown a retrospective of Joaquim Rodrigo's work in 1999-2000.
Exhibitions
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
200 anos. Bicentenário do Ministério das Finanças (Lisbon, Évora, Porto) Ministério das Finanças, Portugal 01-01-1989 ~ 31-12-1989
Joaquim Rodrigo Museu do Chiado, Portugal 18-11-1999 ~ 26-03-1999
35 Aristas Galeria Ogiva, Portugal 01-01-1970 ~ 31-12-1970
Exposição de Artes Plásticas Banco Português do Atlântico, Portugal 01-01-1969 ~ 31-12-1969
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Portugal Tourism: Long term loan Turismo de Portugal, I.P., Portugal 04-07-2009 ~ 31-12-2010
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo, Novas Aquisições, 2000 Published by Arte Ibérica
Joaquim Rodrigo Catálogo Raisonné, 1999 Published by Museu do Chiado
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
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