José Guevara was born in Puebla de Guzmar in 1928 and passed away in Huelva in 2010.
He received his formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Huelva and began his artistic career with figurative works, shaped by the oppressive cultural climate of Francoist Spain.
Due to political reasons, he emigrated to South America, where he encountered the innovative energy of the “Arte Nuova” and “Non-Figurative” movements. In 1953, he discovered what would become his signature technique: the combustion of pigment, a method that gave his work a distinctive material and expressive depth.
Starting in 1958, Guevara exhibited internationally—in France, the United States, Australia, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Panama, Iceland, Italy, and Japan.
He took part in the 26th Venice Biennale (1962), as well as the Biennales of Paris, São Paulo, and Alexandria, and participated in numerous international annual exhibitions.
In the late 1970s, Guevara settled in Italy, where he became affectionately known as “Il Rosso Guevarino”—a nickname inspired by the dominant presence of red in his paintings.
His work remains a powerful synthesis of political experience, material experimentation, and avant-garde aesthetics.
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