José María Barreiro

JOSE MARÍA BARREIRO (Forcarei, Pontevedra, 1940).
"Piper".
Mixed media on cardboard.
Signed in the lower margin.
Measurements: 33 x 23 cm; 53 x 43 cm (frame).

José María Barreiro turns the glove to the folkloric theme in this oil painting with a couple of Galician musicians (a piper, a drummer) resolved with a post-fauve palette. Barreiro held his first solo exhibition in 1961, and two years later he undertook a study trip through Europe that took him to Paris. There he studied the French school and exhibited his work, which he also did in Belgium and Germany. Between 1965 and 1966 he painted a series of murals in commercial houses in Vigo, where he exhibited his work in 1967 at the Velázquez gallery. In the following years he held exhibitions in different Spanish cities, and in 1969 he made a trip to Argentina, where he held a new exhibition. Settled in Buenos Aires, he combines painting with various decoration projects for Harrods. In 1971 he made a trip to Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, and on his return in 1972 he held an important exhibition in the Perla Marino Gallery in the Argentine capital. He returned to Spain and exhibited in Pontevedra, where he took part in the Biennial that same year. In the following years he held exhibitions in Galicia, Murcia, Valladolid, Madrid, Barcelona and Tenerife, and in 1986 a retrospective exhibition was held in Terra de Montes. Three years later he made his debut at the Durán art gallery in Madrid, where he exhibited biannually with great success. In 1991 he shows his work in the United States, at the Arte Chicago fair, and before the end of the year he also shows his work in Lisbon. During the nineties he will also show his work in Miami, without leaving aside his usual exhibitions in Spain.