Oscar Dominguez Biography
Óscar Domínguez (1906 - 1957) was a Spanish artist best known for his loosely rendered surrealist paintings. Influenced by avant-garde European painters such as René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico and Yves Tanguy, he used bizarre subjects to great effect. Domínguez, like Max Ernst, used a technique called decalcomania. A transfer process developed for printmakers around 1750, decalconomy moves paint from thin glass plates onto canvas or paper. Born on January 3, 1906 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, Domínguez's early years were marked by a serious bone disease. Moving to Paris at the age of 21, he worked for his father's company by day and spent his nights in cabaret clubs. The artist has found considerable acclaim both among his colleagues and among the public. Tragically, he committed suicide on December 31, 1957 in Paris, France. His works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.
