Pascual Bueno

PASCUAL BUENO FERRER (Barcelona, 1930)
"The mush".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 55 x 46 cm; 83 x 73 cm (frame).
Pascual Bueno wins his first painting prize in 1948, a fact that will stimulate him to dedicate himself fully to his vocation. In 1956 he won first prize in a competition organized by the Barcelona Museum of Art, and that same year he was awarded the Masriera silver medal for Landscape by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of St. George in Barcelona, and a prize from the Diputació de Barcelona consisting of a scholarship to further his training in Paris. On his return to Barcelona, he makes his individual debut and begins an intense exhibition activity that will take him to show his work in Madrid, Bilbao and Valencia, as well as in Barcelona. In 1957 he enters the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de Sant Jordi in Barcelona, obtaining the title of Professor of Drawing and Painting, and years later the title of Bachelor of Arts. He continues to participate in competitions and obtains awards: second prize for painting Arenys de Mar (1958), first mention of honor in the Biennial of Montblanc (1959), first national prize in the contest of Artistic Orientation and Painting of Madrid (1959) and gold medal for landscape of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Barcelona (1960). In 1968 he had his first personal exhibition in the United States, specifically in the Lido (California) and Park Bennet (New York) galleries, where he would continue to exhibit in the future. However, for several years his paintings had been sold by the most prestigious artists and were included in the best collections in Europe and America, having participated in group exhibitions in Switzerland (1956), Madrid (1964) and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in the Salzburg Biennial. His work is in the Museum of Montecantini (Florence), the Grand Central Moderns (New York), the College Oakland (California), the Diputación de Barcelona, the Estrada Saladich Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montevideo (Uruguay), as well as in various Spanish collections.