GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA

"Gustavo Ramos Rivera is an artist who surprises, delights and sometimes overwhelms the uninitiated with his extraordinarily exuberant and colorful works. Ramos Rivera is probably the least premeditated artist I have ever encountered. His is not an art of calculation, but that of an artist whose activity involves making his inner feelings visible through the application and arrangement of color and line." --Robert Johnson Curator, Museum of Modern Art San Francisco

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Current Work (1-work)
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GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA La Noche No Es Eterna
La Noche No Es Eterna
Oil on Canvas
48 x 48 in

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Paintings (5-works)
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GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Fuego Fatuo Wildfire
Fuego Fatuo (Wildfire)
Oil on Canvas
48 x 54 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA There Is No Time No Hay Tiempo
There Is No Time (No Hay Tiempo)
Oil on Canvas
48 x 60 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Afternoon Delight
Afternoon Delight
Oil on Canvas
40 x 30 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Oil on Panel
24 x 24 in

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Works On Paper (23-works)
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GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Monotype
46 x 33.5 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Neruda poems
Neruda poems
Oil on Paper
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Neruda poems
Neruda poems
Oil on Paper
30 x 25 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Monotype with oil crayon
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Etching
23 x 19 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Etching
19 x 23 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype with drawing
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype with drawing
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Aare River Series
Aare River Series
unframed Monotype
32 x 32 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Bern Series
Framed Monotype (Bern Series)
Monotype
35 x 27 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitiled
Untitiled Monotype
Monotype
30 x 22 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Monotype
18 x 24 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Monotype
16 x 16 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Mixed Media and collage on paper
24.5 x 36 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
41 x 33 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Monotype
16 x 16 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype
34 x 26 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Etching
35 x 46 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Framed Monotype
36 x 36 in
GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Untitled
Untitled
Paint, found objects on paper
25 x 30 in

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Biography

Born in 1940, Gustavo Ramos Rivera is a revered painter, sculptor, and printmaker who has worked and exhibited in San Francisco since arriving from Chihuahua, Mexico in 1969. His imagery is a unique fusion of lush colorful patterns inspired by the brightly painted and the tribal folk arts and costumes that surrounded him as a young man. He combines this with a vigorous painting style influenced by both Abstract Expressionism and Mexican Modernist painters. Rivera works in traditional oil on canvas, often creatively employing re-purposed found materials that he collages on to the surface of his paintings.

As a master printmaker, Ramos Rivera utilizes intaglio and lithography often enhancing these media with drawing and collage to create one of a kind works on paper. His work can be seen in public collections throughout the United States and Mexico including the Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco and the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California.

GUSTAVO RAMOS RIVERA Resumé

Gustavo Ramos Rivera Resume (PDF)

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