WHAT WE LOVE RIGHT NOW! JOSE PINAL SCULPTURE !

Written By Patric Chauvez Editor-In-Chief

WELCOME TO STUDIO TMS/TWOMUCHSTYLE. In today’s post, I’ll share my love affair with a sculpture of an indigenous girl by the esteemed Mexican artist José Pinal. We purchased this stunning sculpture from an African dealer who purchased it in a small town in Mississippi. How it got there, God knows. José Pinal (1913-1971), Guadalajara, México. He is sometimes referred to as the Mexican Picasso for his exaggerated, expressive works in wood. He presented a series of works at the World’s Fair in 1939 for the Mexican pavilion. This piece stands 21 inches tall and 15 inches at its widest point and dates to approximately 1950. It’s priced at $3,500.

Patric Chauvez Editor-In-Chief

Patric Chauvez was born in the British Crown colony of Belize and remembers, in his early teens, being an avid reader of Connoisseur Magazine, where he developed his love of beautiful things. From the beginning, he loved to read about Jacqueline de Ribes and the fashion of Ungaro and Yves St. Laurent. Patric came to Chicago in 1984 and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied fashion and art history. His first job out of art school was dressing mannequins in the couture department for Neiman Marcus.

In the early 1990s, Patric began to style fashion shows for Christian Lacroix and Christian Dior ready-to-wear and haute couture under the direction of Gianfranco Ferré. His career as a stylist assistant began upon his return to Chicago, and the rest is pure history.

Patric is a former contributor to the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine section and has created styles for Oprah, Toni Braxton, and the opera singer Renée Fleming. With his years of experience in the industry, Patric has developed a reputation for knowledgeable & true expert of all things fashion. His love of beautiful clothes contributes to his deep appreciation style.

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