WATERCOLOUR. LANDSCAPE BY CIRILO MARTINEZ NOVILLO
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Reference: Z3533
MARTÍNEZ NOVILLO, Cirilo (Madrid, 1921 - 2008). “Landscape”, 1972. Watercolor. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Cirilo Martínez Novillo is one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called Madrid School, the city where he began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts. During the Spanish Civil War, he enrolled in the Higher School of Painting and attended the workshop of Daniel Vázquez Díaz, who became his mentor and supported him throughout his career. In 1946, he presented his work for the first time in a group exhibition at the Bucholz Gallery in Madrid. The following year, he held his first solo exhibition at the same gallery. In 1948, he held an exhibition in the print room of the Museum of Modern Art in Madrid. Critics began to take notice of his work, and he was selected to participate in the "Spanish Art" exhibition held in Buenos Aires and organized by the Ministry of Education. From this point on, he exhibited in various Spanish cities and in France, and participated in group exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale (1950) and the Salon de los Once (1951). Between 1952 and 1953, he traveled to Paris three times on various scholarships. His mature period began with another visit to Paris in the early 1960s, followed by trips to Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, where he won several medals at the National Fine Arts Exhibitions, as well as the Painting Prize at the Hispano-American Biennial in Cuba. Cirilo Martínez Novillo's work is represented in the Reina Sofía Museum, the Mapfre, AENA, Gaya Nuño, and Santander Central Hispano Foundations, the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museums of Bilbao and Oviedo, the Argentaria, Caja España, and Telefónica collections, and the Valdepeñas Museum.
· Size: 24 x 30 cm; 55 x 61,5 cm (marco).
1.800 €
