Aurelio Suárez
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Aurelio Suárez was a Spanish painter. He developed an extensive body of work using various styles of painting.
, where he held his first exhibition when he was 19 years old at the Escuela Superior de Comerio. He mixed his surrelistic imagination with images of his life: the city, people and self-portraits. He also worked for magazines drawing comics strips or even designing for dishes and ceramics.
In 1934, he had an exhibition in the Modern Art Museum of Madrid
(currently Museo Reina Sofía
).
Biography
He was born in GijónGijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
, where he held his first exhibition when he was 19 years old at the Escuela Superior de Comerio. He mixed his surrelistic imagination with images of his life: the city, people and self-portraits. He also worked for magazines drawing comics strips or even designing for dishes and ceramics.
In 1934, he had an exhibition in the Modern Art Museum of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
(currently Museo Reina Sofía
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art . The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain...
).
Further reading
- "Escritores y artistas asturianos", Constantino Suárez. Ed. IDEA 1959
- "Historia de las Artes Plásticas Asturianas", Jesus Villa Pastur. Ayalga Ediciones 1977.
- "El surrealismo en la posguerra de España Museo de Teruel", VV. AA. Ciudad de ceniza. Museo de Teruel 1992.
- Exhibition at ARCO