The art critic Alberto Junyent reviews the second exhibition of works by the Venezuelan painter Héctor Poleo at the Galerie Drouant in Paris in 1966. In his essay, Junyent formally reviews the collection of works as a whole from an aesthetic and technical perspective, but does not focus on any of them in particular. The Catalonian critic compares Poleo’s works to those by painters such as Auguste Renoir, Francisco Goya, and Pablo Picasso, while highlighting the Venezuelan’s own full maturity, distinctive personality, and pictorial style. 

This review of the exhibition of works by the Venezuelan painter Héctor Poleo (1918–89) at the Galerie Drouant, Paris in 1966, written by the art critic Alberto Junyent (1903–76), is one of the few documents (written in Spanish) that acknowledge the important works produced by this artist for the Parisian gallery. This was Poleo’s second exhibition at the Galerie Drouant; his first, in 1964, which included his most recent work at that time, was also reviewed by Junyent. Poleo had a number of exhibitions in Paris, and his shows at the Galerie Drouant are considered of great importance in terms of critical documentation of his work. Junyent’s presence in Paris, as a witness to this event, underscores the importance of this document.  

For other articles about Poleo’s work, see the review by Alberto Junyent “Obras recientes de Héctor Poleo” [doc. no. 1153835]; the article by Juan Liscano “Pedro León Castro y Héctor Poleo” [doc. no. 850175]; the essay by Simón Noriega “Fuentes concretas del surrealismo de Poleo” [doc. no. 1153819]; the article by Bélgica Rodríguez “Hector Poleo, inventor y fabulador de formas” [doc. no. 1153899]; the essay by Denys Chevalier “Poleo: la opción simbolista” [doc. no. 1162167]; and, finally, by Alfredo Boulton “Introducción” [doc. no. 1153883] and “El tema de la figura humana en la obra de Héctor Poleo” [doc. no. 1153964].