Cesar Paternosto

Background

Cesar Paternosto was born on November 29, 1931 in La Plata, Argentina.

Education

Paternosto graduated from the National University of La Plata in 1958.

Career

In the 1960s, Paternosto created a series of paintings in which he left the front of the canvas empty and placed color on its side edges. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he embarked on a journey of creative self-discovery through the Andean region of northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru researching the monuments and art objects of the Incan and pre-Incan civilizations.

Besides, Paternosto has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and at the Galeria Vasari. In 2017 he had a solo exhibition called "César Paternosto: Towards painting as object" at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain.

Achievements

• Cesar Paternosto is one of the most relevant Argentinian artists. He became internationally well-known in the 1960s with a series of paintings in which he left the front of the canvas empty and placed color on its side edges. His most notable works are "Staccato", "Modez", and "Crescendo Diminuendo", among others.
  
  Many works by the artist have been sold at auction, including "Staccato" sold at Christie's New York "Latin American sale" in 2008 for $74,500.

Works

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• book

  • The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art
  • White/Red
  • Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic
  • Abstraction: The American Paradigm
  • North and South Connected: an Abstraction of the Americas

• painting

  • Confluence 5

  • Conjuntos, Progresiones 6

  • De la serie Señales, A

  • Black and Blue 3

  • Staccato

  • Verano (Summer from the color field SOHO series)

  • Cuarteto Rojo y Negro lateral

  • Confluence 9

  • Hilos de Agua, Intervals, Grid 5

  • En Bellagio

  • Modez

  • De la Serie Hilos de agua, (Buenos Aires)

  • Crescendo Diminuendo

  • Confluence 11

  • Hilos de Agua, Squares Within a Grid, 2

  • De la serie Señales, B

  • Serie hilos de agua (Buenos Aires)

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• Ricardo Martín-Crosa: "With this gesture, Paternosto restates the meaning of the pictorial work; in a sense, he stops painting.”

References

• Cesar Paternosto
• Cesar Paternosto (Cat.Exposicion)