Luis Gordillo

Luis Gordillo (born 1934) is a Spanish artist and author. He is one of Spain's most prolific painters, and has received numerous awards including the National Award for Plastic Arts and the Premio Velázquez de las Artes Plásticas. Some of his work is exhibited at the Reina Sofia Museum in Spain.[1][2][3]

Luis Gordillo
Luis Gordillo's studio recreated for a 2016 exposition at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville
Born1934 (age 86–87)
NationalitySpanish
OccupationPainter
Years active1960s-present

Early life

Luis Gordillo was born in 1934 in Seville, Spain and was the second of eight children. He went to law school, but later decided to focus on art, attending the School of Fine Arts in Seville.[4]

Career

After completing his studies, Gordillo decided to move to Paris in 1958. At the time Spain was a dictatorship under Francisco Franco and art and media were heavily censored. Moving to Paris furthered his art studies in a country where he was free to do so.

During the 1960s he experienced an artist crisis, only drawing basic shapes and forms. In 1970 he experienced a renewal, utilizing bright colors.

In the 1980s his painting became less colorful and more abstract. [5]

In 2017 he published an art book called Little Memories.[2][3]

Awards

Notable works
  • Gran bombo duplex (1967)
  • Choque (1968)
  • Caballero cubista con lágrimas (1973)
  • Suicida triple (1974)
  • Sistema lábil (1975–76)
  • Serie Luna (1977)
  • Salta-ojos (conejitos) (1980)
  • Despectivo en campo verde (1981)
  • Segunda serie roja (1982)[6]

References
  1. Garcia, Angeles (13 September 2015). "Luis Gordillo: "Mi obra es realismo depurado, puro zumo de vida"". El Pais (in Spanish).
  2. Cue, Elena (21 January 2018). "Luis Gordillo: "La pintura es una manera de ser, no una profesión"". ABC (in Spanish).
  3. "Luis Gordillo: "Cada mañana me pregunto si la pintura ha muerto"". El Diario (in Spanish). 22 September 2016.
  4. "Luis Gordillo Biography". luisgordillo.es. Luis Gordillo.
  5. "Luis Gordillo. Tropical Iceberg". museoreinasofia.es. Reina Sofia Museum=.
  6. Preckler, Ana María (2003). Editorial Complutense S.A. (ed.). Historia del arte universal de los siglo XIX y XX (in Spanish). ISBN 8474917077.
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