"For Esteban Lisa, art was the highest form of human expression. He often told his students 'art is not about making things; it is about arriving at an internal state that makes it possible to create meaning.' He was convinced that the road to creation lay between the emotions and the intellect."
- Esteban Lisa: Toledo 1895 - Buenos Aires 1983, Parkerson Gallery 2002
Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary is pleased to announce Esteban Lisa’s (b. 1895, Spain, d. 1983, Argentina) first solo exhibition in New York since 2006. Painting avidly from the 1930s through the late 1970s, Lisa produced intimate, compact paintings. Lisa founded his own art school in Buenos Aires, the Escuela de Arte Moderno Las Cuatro Dimensiones (“The Four Dimensions” School of Modern Art) in 1955. Beyond his significant contributions to the visual arts and art education, Lisa was also an avid writer. He authored more than twelve books—many of which were dedicated to his theories on the cosmos—as well as texts on philosophy and space travel. To learn more about Lisa's career, click here to visit the Study Room
