Gabino Rey Santiago (January 8, 1928 – April 30, 2006), known artistically as Gabino, was a Spanish painter.
He was the son of the republican politician Agustín Rey Fonseca and father of the painter
Pablo Rey
Pablo Gabino Rey Sendón (, known artistically as Pablo Rey) is a Spanish painter artist born in Barcelona in 1968.
Early life
He grew up into a family of artists, Rey began learning the art of painting from the hand of his father, the Spanish ...
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Biography
He was born January 8, 1928, in Marín, Pontevedra. In 1936, due to the
Spanish Civil War, he moved from his native
Galicia
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to
Barcelona, from where he did throughout his career, important fact because it was influenced by the Catalan pictorial school.
Considered a realist painter, he worked all subjects of realistic painting, from the figures and still lifes, through the
landscapes and seascapes, to
portraits, which showed a prominent artistry.
In 1943, he was selected in the first Salón de la Juventud of
Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona, where he won the first prize, consisting of a solo exhibition at the same gallery, this was the first official exhibition of the painter in 1945.
He was one of the painters of the
Sala Parés Art Gallery of Barcelona, where he exhibited his entire life, from his first exhibition in 1957 until his death.
He exhibited in
Madrid and
Barcelona, as well as in
London,
Paris, and
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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He died April 30, 2006, in
Barcelona,
Spain.
References
External links
Gran Enciclopèdia CatalanaColección Afundacion Gabino ReyGabinoABC: El pintor Gabino y el Dau al Set
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1928 births
2006 deaths
Spanish painters