Candido Bido
The Painter of the Caribbean (1936-2011)
Who is he?
Carnaval "Metamorfsis"
Colour: The artist uses colour by giving the person shades and bright colours to simulate the sunshine in the afternoon.
Line: Bido uses strong, well-defined lines to mark all shapes in his painting. The line highlights all borders to clearly define the shapes. In addition, the black line helps to emphasise the contrast among colours.
Texture: He uses texture by making the portrait a 2 dimensional painting.
Shape: Most of the shapes in Bido's paintings, are rounded or square and some even geometric.
Pattern: The artist uses combined shapes to make geometric patterns. (straight lines combine with diagonal lines.)
Proportion: In Candido Bido's portraits, faces occupy a large portion of the painting.
A bit more about Candido
About Candido Bido
Facts about Candido Bido:
1) Bido was born in the country side of Dominican Republic, from a very poor family.
2) He was a very traditional person, therefore he was very much involved with the culture and religeon.
3) His first art exhibition was in New York and he was also the first Dominican painter to present his works in France.
4) Bido started selling his paintings after Trujillo died. When Trujillo died it was a moment of "renaissance", since artist were able to sell and make more paintings like never before.
5) He was one of the biggest pioners of art, in the region.
6) Bido dedicated his life, to promoting the arts in Dominican Republic.
Sources:
Interview (parent)
Pictures off of google