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Ramón Gaya Spanish painter and writer born in Murcia.
His father, lithographer profession, introduced him to the world of painting.
Admirer of the Cubism of Picasso at the beginning and Velázquez, Titian and Van Gogh later, with 17 years exhibited in Paris.
In the Second Republic, made scenery for plays of García Lorca and participated in the Spain Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
After the Civil War, he went into exile in France until 1952, when he undertook trip to Mexico.
In this country was faced with Diego Rivera, as it related to artists like Octavio Paz or Xavier Villaurrutia.
In 1956, he returned to Europe and settled in Italy.
For him, Venice was the capital of painting.
Italy served as a bridge to his homeland, which he turned in the sixties.
He was a friend of the writer Jorge Guillén and much of the Generation of '27, with whom he shared the path of tradition and a rejection of the superficial aspect of modernity.
Gaya, passionate about the work of Velázquez, was also considered an uprooted artist and never followed the dictates of fashion.
Consider a picture of Gaya is immersed in an exciting light pulse in a continuous play of colors and luminosities where the form is only hint, capturing the very essence of small objects.
As he said in one of his poems: "Painting is not done. It is a sacrifice, is removed, stripping, and bit by bit, the soul will be going without work" The Templar Association of Jumilla, courtesy of the Cajamurcia Foundation, and Ramón Gaya Museum, in our eagerness cultivar knowledge, two inmates of the Prison Castellón II, with a copy "Paint the edge of an abyss with your hand," a study on the work of the famous painter, and one copy of "Silence of art" which deals with religious themes Ramón Gaya reflected in his paintings throughout his fruitful life, we wanted to reinforce the effort and dedication to painting these two inmates whose works have earned the highest score of the Jury .
Both copies are added two packs of 60 markers each as first prizes of Prisoners National Prize of Fine Arts and Crafts in 2014 that internal marker in that prison "TP" and discipline ".BW."
they have earned for their excellent work.
Source: Templarios de Jumilla
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