URU - 2015 - #026 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - NATIONAL PAINTERS, FEDERICO SÁEZ AND ANHELO HERNÁNDEZ

Uruguay - 2015 - National Painters, Federico Sáez and Anhelo Hernández( Previous/ Next)

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SERIES --- 2,00 EUR
STAMP 1 --- 1,50 EUR
STAMP 2 --- 1,50 EUR
SE-TENANT NORMAL --- 2,50 EUR
SE-TENANT INVERTED --- 3,00 EUR
SE-TENANT [2x2] --- 8,00 EUR
BLOCK --- 20,00 EUR
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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 27th, 2015
Printed: 15.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Both Rectangular
[ Stamp 1: [25 mm. x 39 mm.]
Stamp 2: [23 mm. x 39 mm.] ]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 12 series [4 x 3] , 24 stamps [4 x 6]
[ [ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ] ]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [202 mm. x 198 mm.]

FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Catalogue information:

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Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Painters, in particular the Uruguayan Painters, and among them, the ones selected this year for this annual issue of National Painters, that are: Federico Sáez and Anhelo Hernandez.  Also undoubtely ArtTopic is included too, in particular Paintingsand Uruguayan Paintings, and also Art Noveau, as both Artistcould be included in that category.

Carlos Federico Sáez(14 November 1878, Mercedes - 4 January 1901, Montevideo) was an Artistfrom Uruguay. He was born into a wealthy family in the city of Mercedes in western Uruguay. By the age of 13he was producing outstanding paintings and drawings. In 1891 he moved to Montevideo to study with the painter Juan Franzi. The well-known painter Juan Manuel Blanes recommended that Sáez go to study in Italy, which was a fairly common practice for wealthy young artists in Uruguay at that time. The national government provided him with an art scholarship at just 14 years of age. He spent the next seven years in Rome. He entered the Academy of Fine Artsin 1893, but was interested in new artistic movements such as the Macchiaioli and Art Nouveau. In 1896 he set up his own atelier in the Via Margutta, offering a number of shows. In 1900 he fell ill and returned to Montevideowhere he died shortly after at the age of 22.

Sáez painted mainly Portraits. His work is characterised by Loose Brush Strokes that still convey a Realistic Precision. While he was in Italy he painted a number of portraits where the canvas is left visible - a technique used in Abstract Art, and which was not seen elsewhere until 1910. In his short career he produced more than 70 oil paintings and 100 drawings. He is considered one of the principal Uruguayan artists and the first to produce truly modern art.

Anhelo Hernández Ríos(Montevideo, Uruguay, 1922-2010) Artist, Researcher and Professor of Uruguay. He was born on November 21, 1922. Between 1935and 1941, he studied sculpture and drawing with Alberto Savio, a disciple of Aristide Maillol. In 1941, he entered the School of Applied Artsand studied with Antonio Pena, Edmundo Pratto and F. Moller De Berg. In 1942he became a student of the newly formed National School of Fine Artsand attended the workshop of the sculptor Severino Pose. In late 1942he joined the workshop of Joaquín Torres García, of which it was part until the master's death in 1949. In 1969 he won on a competitive grant from the Union of Artists of Uruguay to study and work at the School of Art Berlinwhere his mentor was Professor Arno Mohr. 

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, each Stamp shows a Painting of each of the Artist, and the Topics that appears in each one are very different. In the first stamp, the Painting "El Chal Rojo", that in English means "The Red Shawl", shows a Portraitof a wealthy young lady wearing that Clothing Adornment, the Shawl, that give the name to the Painting.

The second Paintingis called "Eros and Psique", in which, although the representation is quite Abstract, it main elements is a barely Nude Androgynous Couple Huggingand probably Kissing, surrounded by a kind of Constructionsthat reminds a Suburb.

Finally, a few more Topics could be add, as Paintbrush, and Palette, because of the icons that shows the ink colours used in the printing of the Block, and also Sun, Astronomy, Maps, and Maps of Uruguay as they appear in the FDC Cancelation.

If you consider that there are another topics in this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.