20^th Century Spanish

Brinkmann, a self-taught artist, founded the Picasso group with other artists from Malaga in 1957. In the 1960s he travelled to Germany, where he entered in contact with the Fluxus group. In 1961 he moved to Cologne, and later to Berlin and Rome. In 1966 he returned to Spain, where he worked mostly with drawing, painting and printmaking. His early output shows a recurrence of phantasmagorical characters influenced by Goya (1746-1828), Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and Horst Janssen (1929-1995). Many of his works use literary references as their starting point.

In the 1990s, Brinkmann underwent a process of constant evolution within a line of abstract Informalismo that he accompanied with evocative figurative titles. Experimenting with materials, particularly with wood, was a key feature in his painting, as well as the creation of with papers or cardboards that he covers with earthy acrylic paints.

In 1971 he won the Painting Award at the International Festival held in Cagnes-sur-Mer (France), and in 1994 the National Engraving Prize granted by Calcografía Nacional, in Madrid. Apart from Spain, he has also exhibited his work in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy.