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La Ermita de San José de Jumilla hosts, from 6 to 30 May, an exhibition of the Association of Painters Mouth and Foot with the world.
This is an activity included in the agenda of the Department of Culture and will be inaugurated on Thursday 6 May at 11:30 hours.
According to reports from this group, "the exhibition presented in Jumilla has pictures of the most renowned artists, members of the Association of Painters Mouth and Foot with the world."
In addition to works by international artists, the exhibition shows works of the best national artists such as Manuel Parra and Christopher M.
Toledo.
The councilman of Culture Joan Guardiola says that "the aim of this exhibition is only the dissemination of the work of these artists for people who already know the Association through which sells cards and calendars, you can enjoy the original paintings and appreciate their artistic quality. "
The Association of Mouth and Painters with Pie was created in 1957 when the painter Erich Stegmann and a small group of disabled artists from 8 European countries founded an organization to help each other.
Erich Stegmann, polio victim, was deprived of the use of his hands and built a thriving career as a painter with his mouth in Germany.
The main objective was to commercialize his work playing his original paintings on calendars, greeting cards, pictures and illustrating books.
The result of this initiative became an exclusive worldwide art movement, being present today in 74 countries with nearly 800 artists.
In Spain was founded in 1957 when contacted Stegmann Parra Manuel Rivera, who became the first Spanish artist of the Association.
The headquarters are in Madrid and is responsible for the dissemination and distribution of works of artists across the country.
The aim of the members of the Association is able to live on their effort and their work, through the acceptance and recognition of the quality of their work.
His only source of income is the sale of the products (cards, calendars, prints, books ,...) reproduced from originals painted with the mouth or foot.
Association membership is open to anyone who has lost the use of hands and wants to paint holding the brush with the mouth or foot.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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