Manuel Mampaso

MANUEL MAMPASO BUENO (A Coruña, 1924 - 2011).
"Neomudejar".
Watercolor on paper.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 21 x 28 cm; 45 x 38 cm (frame).

Pioneer painter of the avant-garde of the fifties, Manuel Mampaso was trained at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, in Madrid, and made an important work as a set designer and costume designer in film and theater, in parallel to his painting activity. Throughout his life he held numerous solo exhibitions, and also participated in exhibitions such as the First Latin American Biennial in 1951. In 1960 his consecration came through the exhibition held at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and four years later he was appointed artistic director of the Spanish pavilion at the World's Fair in New York. In 1987 an important anthological exhibition was dedicated to him at the Houston Museum of Art (USA). His awards include the National Theater Award (1972).