The artistic movement known as Los Disidentes was founded in Paris in 1945, lasting until about 1950. It was composed of a group of Venezuelan artists.
Artistic principles
The "
Manifesto No" was the group's manifesto of artistic principles, which was written and published in Paris on 30 June 1950 by artists Rafael Zapata, Bernardo Chataing, Régulo Pérez, Guevara Moreno and Omar Carreño.
Major contributions to art from the group include beginning experiments in
neo-figurative art,
abstract art
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a Composition (visual arts), composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. ''Abstract art'', ''non-figurative art'', ''non- ...
, and other waves of contemporary art; breaking away from
figurativism, and renewing traditional Venezuelan painting marked by the trend of the ''El Círculo de Bellas Artes'' and the Landscape School of Caracas, which they were highly critical of.
Works and activities
The group also published a magazine of the same name, which only had five editions.
This publication served to show what was more radical art at the time: the so-called
geometric abstractionism, as a rejection of traditional art forms.
Members
Members included:
*
Jesús Soto
*
Alejandro Otero
Alejandro Otero (El Manteco, Bolívar, March 7, 1921 — Caracas, August 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan painter of Geometric abstraction, a sculptor, a writer and a cultural promoter. He was a founding member of the Los Disidentes group.
Early ...
*
Mateo Manaure
Mateo Manaure (18 October 1926 – 19 March 2018) was a Venezuelan modern artist. In Venezuela he is considered a master of abstractionism, and is known for his works in the University City of Caracas and for creating the largest glass mural in th ...
*
Narciso Debourg
*
Pascual Navarro
* Alirio Oramas
* Perán Erminy
* Carlos Gonzáles Bogen
* Armando Barrios
*
Genaro Moreno
* Nena Palacios
* Omar Carreño
* Dora Hersen
*
Luis Guevara Moreno
*
Aimée Battistini
Aimée Battistini (1916 – 8 July 1989) was a Venezuelan painter.
Biography
Battistini was born to a Corsican family, in the state of Bolívar (state), Bolívar, Venezuela. From a young age she reproduced classics of oil painting.
Upon moving ...
* J. R. Guillent Pérez
*
Rubén Núñez
* Miguel Arroyo
* Oswaldo Vigas
* Régulo Pérez
See also
*
Modern art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradit ...
References
{{reflist
1945 in France
History of Paris
Venezuelan art
Venezuelan artists