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Antonio Alonso Martinez, Painting ‘God Bless America’, 2012

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,400.00 EUR Estimated At:2,240.00 - 2,800.00 EUR
Antonio Alonso Martinez, Painting ‘God Bless America’, 2012
The painting presented here, executed in mixed media, was created by the Portuguese-Spanish painter Antonio Alonso Martinez in 2012. The artist, also known as ‘Martinez the Killer’ principally deals with politically provocative but also morbid themes in his paintings. These include portraits of famous personalities who often died a tragic death (if they are not still alive). This picture shows the portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It is an early picture of Oswald, who has already started his training with the U.S. Navy at age 17. Martinez artistically altered the image through the use of various materials, making it one of his characteristic works that leaves, due to the face of the sitter, room for interpretation and is furthermore ironically titled ‘American Glamour’.



The painting is verso titled, double signed and dated ‘God bless America, Martinez, 2012‘ and is in very good condition with only insignificant signs of wear. The dimensions are 61 x 50 cm.



Antonio Alonso Martinez (born 1963)

Martinez was born in Portugal in 1963 to Spanish parents and studied painting in Lisbon. Martinez’s best friend was murdered before his eyes at the age of eighteenbefore his eyes. This shocking experience deeply marked him and is one reason why his portraits often deal with mortality. Since 2011, the artist has been living in Spain. The same year, one of his portraits of Kurt Cobain fetched a sensational result at the Dorotheum in Vienna. Another portrait of Cobain was successfully auctioned at Christie’s in London in 2012.
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