Hector Zablach - Polo Players

The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones. The Impressionists, in particular, favored subjects related to modern life in urban, bourgeois settings.

Hector Zablach's compositions are simple yet highly balanced, designed to convey the true essence of his homeland—a spontaneity and authenticity rooted in South American popular religiosity. However, the artist's brushstrokes possess a remarkable capacity for synthesis, which brings us to the cosmopolitan Zablach, who, while maintaining a constant thread connecting him to his origins, does not shy away from engaging with diverse aesthetic interpretations, with the European or North American avant-gardes. In his works, the painter achieves a type of synthesis comparable to that of the Expressionist movements, along with a spatial decomposition clearly inspired by Cubism.

Hector Zablach was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1934 and trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. Due to the difficult historical situation in his country, he moved to Brazil, where he taught painting and sculpture at the Centre Cultural de Bangù, while also beginning an extensive exhibition program in the Americas. In 1973, he moved to Europe, and his participation in the Asiago contemporary art exhibition, where he met artists such as Baj Guttuso and Cassinari, proved crucial.

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