Francisco Toledo Art For Sale
Francisco Toledo is widely regarded as the most important, elusive and controversial artist who worked in Mexico. Toledo’s art draws on human, animal and mineral life and explores both indigenous, Zapotec, and worldwide cultures.
Our fine art gallery has the finest quality Francisco Toledo original prints, lithograph, etching, mixed medias, kites, and signed artworks. We have a large inventory available off-site and we encourage you to make an appointment to see specific works you are looking to collect. We are happy to meet you at either our art gallery showroom or at your home or office for a private presentation.
About Francisco Toledo
The Art of Francisco Toledo is deeply influenced by Toledo’s Mexican heritage. Many of Francisco Toledo’s artworks illustrate his Oaxacan roots, exemplified by Toledo’s paintings, sculptures, lithographs, etchings, and drawings of Mexican animals and scenery as well as Mexican History & Mythology.
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Mexican artist, Francisco Toledo, was born in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1940. At the age of 12, Francisco Toledo learned the art of engraving at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca. Under the instruction of Guillermo Silva Santamaria at the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Francisco Toledo continued his studies of the graphic arts including: etching, lithography, and engraving.
In 1959, Francisco Toledo had his first solo art exhibition in Mexico City at Galeria Antonio Souza. Soon after, Toledo traveled to Europe where he began to work at the shop of the renowned British printmaker Stanley William Hayter in Paris. In 1963 Francisco Toledo’s first International art exhibitions were held in Paris at the Galerie Karl Flinker and the Daniel Gervis Gallery. By 1965 Francisco Toledo had exhibited his art in Galleries in Switzerland, Germany, England, Norway and the U.S.A.
Francisco Toledo’s first prints exhibition entitled Toledo Obra Grafica was held in 1969 at the Galeria Juan Martin in Mexico City. As an art medium, graphics (original prints) particularly intrigued Toledo from early in his career because of the extraordinary range of effects available through printing and etching. Among Francisco Toledo’s notable graphic artworks, are Toledo’s series of illustrated art books on Mayan myths.
Francisco Toledo’s unique artistic aesthetic is based on a fantastic reality that Toledo finds residing in nature and life, and includes anthropomorphized animals (that are not often associated with beauty, such as insects).
