Meet the Artist behind the surreal.

In the Dominican Republic 1942, an artist was born.

Born in 1942 in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He studied in the National School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1959, receiving his first painting award. In 1963, through an education credit he arrived in Paris, immediately immersing himself in the surrealist circles of the city, in which he lived for 20 years. He received the most important distinction that an artist can receive in the Dominican Republic by the Ministry of Culture: “Nacional Visual Arts Awards 2018”.

He died on the 13th of April of 2020 in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

A history of Ivan Tovar

1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
2000's

1950 - 1959

1959
French Alliance Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

1960 - 1969

1961
Athens Gallery, PR

1962
Commercial Hotel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

1963
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1965
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1965
Museum of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, DR

1965
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1966
Andrés Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

1967
Latin American House, París, FR

1967
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1968
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1968
Gallery 3 + 2, Paris, FR

1969
Gallery 3 + 2, Paris, FR

Texto de José Pierre

1969
Kunsthalle Basel, CH

1970 - 1979

1970
Instituto Italo-Latinamerican, Rome, ITL

1970
Göteborgs Konsthall.

1970
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE

1970
Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, FR

1970
Montargis, FR

1970
Menton, FR

1970
Malmö Museum.

1971
Gentofte Kunst, Vennern, DK

1971
Veranneman Gallery, Brussells , BE

Textos de José Pierre

1971
Konsthallen Göteborg, SE

1971
Baukunst, Colonge, DE

1971
Kunstnernes Hus, NO

1971
Lunds Konsthall, SE

1972
Galerie des Ponchettes, Niza, FR

1972
Venice, ITL

1972
San Francisco Gallery, Lisboa, PT

1972
San Francisco Gallery, Lisboa, PT

1972
Paris, FR

1972
París, FR

1972
Paris, FR

1973
Villand and Galanís Gallery, Paris, FR

Textos de José Pierre

1974
Albert Loeb Gallery, Paris, FR

Poema de Iván Tovar

1974
Ixelles Museum, Brussells , BE

1974
Latinamerican Institute, Rome, ITL

1974
Harriette Griffin Gallery, Nueva York, USA

Texto de Ragnar von Holten

1975
Grand Palais, París, FR

1976
Black Swan Gallery, Chicago, USA

1976
Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, FR

1976
Grand Palais, París, FR

1977
Auffant Gallery, Santo Domingo

1977
Annexed district XVII Town Hall, Paris, FR

1977
Bel’Art Gallery, Stockholm, SE

1977
Grand Palais, París, FR

1977
Le Triskèle Gallery, Paris, FR

1977
La Défense, París, FR

1977
Camden Arts Center, Londres, GB

1978
Nina Dausser Gallery, Paris, FR

1978
Bochum Museum, DE

1978
Grand Palais, París, FR

1978
Annexed district XVII Town Hall, Paris, FR

1978
Veranneman Gallery, Brussells , BE

1978
La Défense, París, FR

1979
Carillo Gil Museum, MX

1979
Minotauro Gallery, Caracas, VZ

1979
Seine Gallery, París, FR

1979
Auffant Gallery, Santo Domingo

Texto de Philippe Audoin

1980 - 1989

1980
La Napoule, FR

1980
Isy Brachot Gallery and Seine Gallery, Paris, FR

1980
Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, RD

Texto de Arnulfo Soto

1981
NRA Gallery, Paris, FR

1981
Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, RD

Texto de Gloria Moanack

1981
ELAC, Lyon, FR

1981
Cultural Center Epinal, FR

1981
Banco Central, Santo Domingo, DR

1981
Isy Brachot Gallery and Seine Gallery, París, FR

1983
Pinacoteca di Bari, ITL

1986
Cahors Museum, FR

1986
1900-2000 Gallery, París, FR

1986
Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

Texto de Philippe Audoin

1987
ICDA, Santo Domingo, DR

1987
Sebelen Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

1987
Art Gallery, Vilamoura, Portugal, PT

1988
Exhibition Center of Montreal University, CA

1988
Santo Domingo, DR

1990 - 1999

1991
II Biennale for the Artist's Book, Uzerche, FR

1992
Nader Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

Textos de Ragnar von Holten, José Pierre y Tor Ulven

1993
Nader Art Gallery, Florida, USA

1993
Carré d’Art, Nimes, FR

1993
Bochum Museum, DE

1994
Modern Art Municipal Museum, Cuenca, EC

Invitado de Honor

1994
Montebourg Museum, FR

1995
The Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

Textos de Marcio Veloz Maggiolo

1996
Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR

Texto de Lyle O. Reitzel

1997
Guggenhein Museum, New York, USA

1997
Claude Lemand Gallery, Paris, FR

1998
Modern Art Museum, Santo Domingo, DR

Texto de Marianne de Tolentino

2000 - Present

2014
Eugenio Granell Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, ESP

2017
Eugenio Granell Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, ESP

2017
Luisa Pita Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, ESP

2019
David Bardia Gallery, Madrid, ESP

2019
Lucy Garcia Gallery, Santo Domingo, RD

The Museo Ivan Tovar endeavours to preserve the life and data of the surrealist painter.