Pedro Cámara

PEDRO CÁMARA (Ayora, Valencia, 1936–2017).
"Basket of Flowers."
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 55.5 x 46 cm, 72 x 63 cm (frame).
Pedro Cámara studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts. Among the awards he received throughout his career are an Honorable Mention in the Senyera Prize, 1959; the First Prize in the University Painting Competition in 1960; and a scholarship from the French government and the Valencia City Council to study at the Casa Velázquez in Madrid (1964). A year later, in 1965, he received an extension of this same scholarship and was awarded the Valencia Provincial Council’s Ribera Painter Prize. In 1966, he was honored with the Valencia Prize at the National Fine Arts Exhibition, and the following year, he received the prize from the Provincial Council of Castellón. He later added to his artistic achievements by winning the Third Medal for Painting at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in Madrid in 1968, and well into the 1970s, he was selected by the Exhibition Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science for the National Fine Arts Exhibition. In 2003, the Valencia City Council paid tribute to the painter with a retrospective exhibition held at the City Museum.