Joaquín Peinado

JOAQUÍN PEINADO (Ronda, Málaga, 1898 – Paris, 1975).
“Still Life”, 1962.
Pen drawing on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
The glass has stains.
Measurements: 36 x 28.5 cm; 42.5 x 33 cm (frame).
Joaquín Ruiz-Peinado Vallejo was a cubist painter, successor of Cézanne and spiritual son of Picasso, he was one of the most prominent representatives of the Spanish School of Paris. He entered the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1918, and during the following years he became a disciple of Cecilio Plá and Julio Romero de Torres, and received a scholarship for three years at the Monastery of Santa María de El Paular. , obtaining the El Paular Painting Prize in 1922. In 1923, once he finished his studies, he went to Paris, where he would settle permanently. There he will attend the classes taught at the Ranson, Colarossi and La Grande Chaumière academies, while he becomes interested in cubist painting, an aesthetic that he will personalize and maintain in his works. Likewise, in 1924 he showed his work at the Indépendants, Surindépendants and Autumn Salons. However, from the city of the Seine he continued to be part of Spanish artistic life, participating in the legendary First Exhibition of the Society of Iberian Artists in 1925, and illustrating the magazines “Litoral”, “Gallo” and “La Gaceta Literaria”, as well as “The Flower of California” (1928) by José María Hinojosa. Likewise, in 1926 he obtained the Painting Prize from the Malaga Provincial Council. Three years later, in 1929, he participated in two important exhibitions of avant-garde art in Spain: the Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Spaniards Resident in Paris, in the Botanical Garden of Madrid, and the Regional Exhibition of Modern Art, in the Casa de the Grenade Shots. He also maintained a relationship with the performing arts, like other artists of the time, participating in the films “An Andalusian Dog” (1929) and “The Golden Age” (1930), by his friend Buñuel, or as a set designer and artist for “ Carmen”, by Feyder (1925). Likewise, in 1926 he participated in the representation of “El retablo de Maese Pedro” by Falla in Amsterdam together with Buñuel, Cossío, Viñes and Ángeles Ortiz. Over time, his artistic career would lead him to occupy a prominent position within the School of Paris; He will be director of the Painting Section of the Union of Spanish Intellectuals and later vice-president of the same, and UNESCO will appoint him delegate of the Section of Spanish Painters of the School of Paris. Likewise, in 1946 he was one of the organizers of the exhibition “Art of Republican Spain. Spanish Artists of the School of Paris”, held in Prague and, due to its enormous success, later also in Brno. From that date on, his international exhibitions, both individual and collective, were frequent, being grouped within the best French art of the time. However, it would not be until 1969 when a retrospective of his work was held in Spain; organized by the General Directorate of Fine Arts and held at the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art in Madrid, this exhibition will consecrate his figure in our country. In fact, that same year he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of San Telmo in Malaga. Currently, his work is widely represented in the museum that bears his name in Ronda, as well as in the Unicaja collection and many other public and private collections.