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5 unusual facts about Antonio López García


Antonio López García

The Grapevine (1960) evokes Tiepolo's sunlight, The Quince Tree (1962) Chardin's dusky murk, and other paintings echo Old Masters from Dürer to Degas.

Ateneo de Madrid

What the regional council allowed to auction includes 14 works by Antonio López, Eusebio Sempere, Josep Guinovart, José Moreno Villa, Alberto Corazón and Carmen Laffon, that earned the Ateneo 140 000 euros.

Clive Head

In terms of artistic practice it is possibly closer to the direct engagement with reality one sees in the paintings of Antonio López García or Frank Auerbach than either photorealist painting or photography, although stylistically it is still very different.

Passeig de Colom, Barcelona

In the adjacent square, dedicated to the painter Antonio López, you can find the Central Post Office which was designed by the architects Goda and Torray (1914).

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Francisco Goya was once one of the academy's directors, and, its alumni include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Antonio López García, Juan Luna, and Fernando Botero.


Dream of Light

The film centers on Spanish painter Antonio López García (playing himself) and his attempt to paint the eponymous quince tree.


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