Gerardo Pita

GERARDO PITA (Madrid, 1950).
"Still life", 1986.
Pastel on cardboard.
It has slight damage to the frame.
Signed and dated in the upper left area.
Measurements: 72 x 84 cm.
Of Madrid origin Gerardo Pita developed an artistic interest from his youth, in fact, with thirteen years he presented himself for the first time to a painting contest, in which he received the gold medal, and a year later a bronze medal. This interest in painting and drawing led him to enroll in the career of Architecture. Although in 1972, he abandoned this facet to devote himself entirely to the practice of painting. He held his first exhibition in 1976 at the Vandrés Gallery in Madrid, which was followed by many others in important art centers such as; Fisher Fine Art Limited Gallery in London, Staempfli Gallery in New York, Club Financiero Génova, Eude Gallery in Barcelona, Hollis Taggart Galleries (Washington and New York) and the Leandro Navarro Gallery in Madrid, among others. His work is characterized by the use of a hyperrealist aesthetic, loaded with a very personal lyricism. Today his work can be visited in art collections of great relevance such as; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, Arkansas Arts Foundation Collection, E. F. Hulton Collection (New York).F Hulton Collection (New York), Seavest of contemporary Realism Collection (New York), Melon University Collection (Pennsylvania), Exxon Company Collection, Baron Thyssen- Bornemisza Collection (Lugano, Switzerland), Hunt Institute Collection (Pennsylvania), Argentaria Collection (Madrid), Caja de Brugos Collection, Palacete de la Magdalene Collection (Oviedo), and Fundación Suñol Collection (Barcelona), among others.