Deolinda Fonseca, Arcade of Memories, oil on canvas, 2010 (private collection)

Deolinda Fonseca (born 1954 in Porto) is a Portuguese painter who, since 1979, has primarily worked in Denmark. She is known for her oil paintings of mostly abstract themes with some realistic imagry. She also paints portraits in which combines realistic representation with abstract expressionism.[1][2]

Fonseca graduated as a painter and sculptor from Faculdade de Belas-Artes do Porto in 1979. In 1985, she graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Supplemental Studies.[3] She lives in Denmark.[4]

In 2002, she received Portugal's medal of honor, the "Order of Prince Henry" (in Portuguese, "Ordem do Infante D. Henrique"), a type of knighthood.[5] She has exhibited throughout Denmark and Portugal,[6] as well as in other European countries, and her work is displayed in museums, embassies and private collections in Europe and the United States.[7]

Reception

Deolinda Fonseca, Waveform Collapse (The Survivors), oil on canvas, 2009 (private collection)

Sinne Lundgaard Rasmussen, a Danish writer on art, has praised the "strength" of her paintings, saying that "Painter and paint meet in the painting, and this is where we find Deolinda Fonseca."[8]

Art critic, Laura Castro said about Fonseca "The artist makes us take part in an endless motion of entering and exiting the painting, expanding our vision beyond infinity or drowning it in abyssal aperture of space and light; or on the contrary, retracts our vision to a position in front of the structural elements, pushing the canvas, captivated by the dilution of the brush strokes and its contradictory gestures."[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Biblioteca da Fundacao Serralves". biblioteca.serralves.pt.
  2. ↑ "Biblioteca da Fundacao Serralves". biblioteca.serralves.pt.
  3. ↑ "São Mamede - Art Gallery". www.saomamede.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  4. ↑ "São Mamede - Art Gallery". www.saomamede.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  5. ↑ "CV listed on The Danish Ministry of Culture's artist index". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  6. ↑ "Exposição de Deolinda Fonseca no CCP/IC do Luxemburgo". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  7. ↑ "Rejser til Portugal i 2021 | Book nu på Escapeaway.dk". escapeaway.dk.
  8. ↑ Lundgaard, Sinne. "Deolinda Fonseca - Abstract paintings" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "Deolinda Fonseca - Bio, Artworks, Exhibitions and more - Artland". www.artland.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.

Sources

Based in part on a translation of an entry to Deolinda Fonseca in the Portuguese Wikipedia

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