Nestor Basterretxea
Spanish painter (1924-2014) · Spain · On the map · Artists · Died at 90
Nestor Basterretxea Arzadun was a Basque artist, born in Bermeo, Biscay, Basque Country.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, he spearheaded along with other artists such as Jorge Oteiza, Remigio Mendiburu, or Eduardo Chillida, an avant-garde artistic movement concerned with the crisis of Basque identity, and formally a special focus on large volumes and the concept of emptiness.