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Fernando Ramos Prida
"Ellos Tres (Them Three)", Acrylic and Mixed Technique on Plywood

1981

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SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Ellos Tres" translates to "Them Three" and is a clever piece by the Mexican artist Fernando Ramos Prida. Using acrylic and a mixed technique upon plywood (also called "triplay"), Prida depicts three figures pressed closely together within the frame of the work in various states of emotion. Fernando Ramos Prida was born on January 2, 1937 in Mexico City. In the 1950s, he studied art at the National Academy of San Carlos and the Esmeralda school of painting and sculpture. He graduated from the Escola Tècnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona in 1969. Later he would become the director of that very school in the late 1980s. At age 43, Prida began to carve and paint wooden tablets left outside to crack in the scorching hot sun. This art was reminiscent of the Olmec and Mayan heritage of his youth. In 1993 he became its Professor of Construction. In 1981 Prida earned a fellowship from “Alpha Group” to Massachusetts for 2 years. He studied art briefly at the National Academy of San Carlos and the Esmeralda School of Painting and Sculpture before returning to Cuernavaca, Mexico to establish a residence and studio. His works have been exhibited at the Nielsen Gallery in Boston, the DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, the Gallerie Saint Germain in Paris, the Galeria de Arte in Mexico, the Ballew Gallery in Los Angeles, the Galeria de la Alianza Francesa Jalapa in Veracruz, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, the Galeria Villa Roma in San Miguel Allende, the Collective Show at the Olympic Games, Expo '67 in Montreal, and Beinnale des Jeunes Artistes in Paris.
  • Creator:
    Fernando Ramos Prida
  • Creation Year:
    1981
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31.75 in (80.65 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Detroit, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU128617234392
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