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The Lyceum Gallery hosted yesterday afternoon in the opening of the exhibition "Bulls from Burladero" authored by renowned painter José López Fernández Madrid "Canito".
The event was the presence of the artist, along with the President of Liceo Lorca, Javier Pinilla, the Councillor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez, the Presidents of the bullfights that take place in our city, and Santos González Gil Fulgencio and Vice President and promoter Hostelor Bullfighting September, Peter Lucas, and numerous citizens and bullfighting fans.
It should be noted that the collection which can be seen on the walls of the Lyceum Gallery, located in the Plaza de Santiago, opposite the parish namesake, shows a series of scenes related to the world of bullfighting, reflecting skilled frontline taurine current scene, as is the case of Puebla Morante.
Biographical notes
José López Fernández "CANITO" (Madrid, 1942).
This artist is a painter Toledo descent embodied in bullfighting theme.
Bullfighter comes frustrated supreme ambition from childhood, to be contained undisputed taurine painting.
His two major vocations: bullfighting and paint, kept them in their inseparable since childhood accompanied his father when he had left, ceding layer, crutch and sword, to pursue the acquisition of cattle from heifers and celebrations; occasion that leveraged for, while his father's skinned, see and learn from the stands, which then try to practice in bullfights.
So, in the bullfighting atmosphere grew to inherit his uncle's stage name Máximo López Canito, great bullfighter.
Also García Montes, fine junior bullfighter and now belongs to his family.
Bohemian few years have not been bad to complete the formation of the artist, and saw him doing drawings in the caves of Luis Candelas, where in 1969 he was hired to exhibit in New York and Norway successfully.
From then continues its rise in Venezuela where he was appointed a distinguished guest, becoming better known in Spain.
He combines his travels in Europe and America with a hundred TV programs live drawing, and also makes theater with the great Tony Leblanc, while, on time, his paintings come each year to the gallery Soroya and Hotel Macarena during fairs of Seville, and Madrid keeps his appointment with San Isidro in Wellington exposure preceded the Reina Victoria Hotel Valencia and Jerez.
Canito Lopez takes his art to the most disparate, through drawing fast, as an attraction rather be in the theater, flamenco shows, night clubs, or as we have said, in their own TV, not to mention the magazines bullfighting "The Bullring" and now "The Graphic Bullfighting".
He has also done about a hundred posters of important exhibitions, among which are: "The official poster of San Isidro" in Madrid 1986, Sevilla, 1990; Magdalena Castellon, Caracas (Venezuela), and in Mexico, 1992 .
His paintings are found in museums around the world, and especially so Ronda bullfighting and Valencia.
The year 1994 was important in his career.
In February, she was paid an exciting tribute in the Venezuelan city of Merida, on the occasion of his twentieth consecutive years exhibiting his works at the famous Feria del Sol music band Bullring this Andean town, began with a concert tribute in honor of the painter pasodobles, which preceded the words of Dr. Germán Uzcátegui, presenting the act.
The mayor of the city, by resolution of the corporation which he chaired, was named distinguished guest.
In April, the artist from Madrid, he returned to Mexico to exhibit at the Fair in Aguascalientes, invited by the Raleigh firm.
Back in Spain rides his classic statement on the Wellington Hotel in Madrid.
In November 1994 he was invited by the club "Fans of Los Angeles" for an exhibition at its headquarters in the heart of Hollywood, in the American state of California.
Charts Garme publishes an annual calendar with bullfighting motifs illustrated by Lopez Canito and Raleigh's almanac Mexico, Vicente and Punch for Spain.
Source: Agencias
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