Fernando Vinyes

FERNANDO VINYES (Barcelona, 1941-1999).
"Juan Mora "
Watercolor on cardboard.
Original for playing card.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Provenance: Bullfighting collection of Fernando del Arco Izco. Writer, bibliophile, collector and great Manoletista, that with his great friend the missed writer and cartoonist Fernando Vinyes put in circulation a "Baraja taurina". Most of these caricatures are the originals for the cards of this deck.
Measurements: 30 x 20 cm (drawing); 40 x 27 (total).

Fernando Vinyes. Barcelona in 1941-1999. From his father he inherited his love for drawing caricatures and writing. They also shared a love for the world of bullfighting, participating in radio and press gatherings: Diario 16, La Cope, TV3, TV1 Miramar, Canal Plus, Diario Ya and Diario de Barcelona. His bullfighting deck "De El Cordobés a Espartaco" is a monument to bullfighting. His 52 caricatures / cards are of great creative value. The jokers are Pedro Balañá Fort and Manolo Chopera. There was a second bullfighting deck published in 2004 by Egartorre - Libros, his caricatures are more modern than the previous one, one of the last ones Vinyes drew. Another of his hobbies was boxing, where he also worked as a journalist and cartoonist, but it was not as important as in bullfighting.