Original Oil on Canvas 'Ulla, or the Blue Woman' by Enrique Brinkmann. B. 1938. Provenance; The Collection of Michael Wilding and Margaret Leighton

An important original oil on canvas painted in 1959 by Enrique Brinkmann, one of Spain's greatest living artists. The portrait is of his first wife, Ulla, and is included in the artist's Oeuvre Catalogue. The work was purchased by Michael Wilding and Margaret Leighton and is recorded as being 'from a collection in America'. Born in 1938, he was 17 years old when he started to paint as an autodidactic artist. In 1957 Brinkmann presented his first exhibition in Malaga and founded the Picasso Group, together with other painters from the area. He collaborated regularly with the poetry magazine “Caracola”, making illustrations. He travelled through Europe participating in several individual and collective exhibitions. In 1966 he came back to Spain, living in Malaga in the house once occupied by Cervantes, dedicating himself to painting, drawing and engraving. In 1994 he received The National Award for Etchings from the Calcografía Nacional (Madrid). His works are held in many important public and private collection, such as: Albertina Museum (Viena), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), The Fine Arts Museum (Bilbao), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (Cologne). He is represented in London by Gallery Rosenfeld. The work is framed in it's original gold edged exhibition frame.