Antonio Lopez

ANTONIO LÓPEZ GARCÍA (Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, 1936) for ARTIKA.
Artist's book "Cuerpos y flores" (Bodies and flowers).
Binding sewn in blocks of 16 pages with cotton thread. Cardboard cover with Natuur & Halflinnen cloth covers in 4-color digital printing and rounded spine. Inside in Modigliani Insize Candido New 200 g paper with 4-color printing.
Case made up of a base and a lid in maple wood, lacquered in gray. With magnetized closure.
Includes the giclée of the work "Rosas de Ávila", in limited and numbered edition. Digital printing on 315g Velin Museum paper. Numbered and signed.
Hand signed and numbered.
Measurements: 73 x 54 x 8 cm.

The publisher Artika defines "Cuerpos y flores" as "An exciting Art Book that traces the artistic career of the realist genius and allows us to enjoy his works down to the most delicate details, thanks to the life-size reproduction of many of his works. In addition, it brings us closer to his sensations, passions and obsessions, based on texts by Rafael Argullol and Antonio López himself, as well as an interview between the painter and Julio Vaquero. Cuerpos y flores also includes an element of great artistic value, a giclée of the work Rosas de Ávila, in a limited and numbered edition. This print, personally chosen by Antonio López, can also be exhibited as an independent element. The box reproduces a detail taken from one of the sketches made by the artist for his sculpture "La mujer de Coslada" (The woman from Coslada). A spectacular work of art, with infinite possibilities, which are discovered by combining the image of the glass of the case with the covers of the book".

Painter and sculptor, Antonio Lopez, began his artistic training in his homeland, where he took classes with the master painter Antonio Lopez Torres. It was thanks to his artistic facility, his talent and the support of his uncle, the reasons that led him to begin his studies in Madrid, at the Academia de San Fernando. In order to gain access, he attended courses at the School of Arts and Crafts in the afternoons. This preparation allowed him to enter the academy at the age of 14. During his student period he became friends with other artists of his generation such as Enrique Gran, Amalia Avia or Lucio Muñoz, what has come to be called the Madrid School. In 1955, after finishing his studies at the School of Fine Arts, he left for Italy, where he traveled thanks to a scholarship. After finishing his studies, in 1957, he made his individual debut in Madrid at the Ateneo, with an exhibition he had prepared in his homeland, Tomelloso. A year later, thanks to a contest held by the Rodriguez Acosta Foundation, he traveled to Greece with a scholarship. After his return to Madrid in the 60's, his presence in galleries was reiterated, thanks to the contacts generated through his exhibition at the Biosca Gallery. The work of Antonio Lopez generated great interest in different parts of Europe, the United States, China and Korea. In 1993 the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid dedicated an anthological exhibition to him. His work is characterized by the use of a realistic language, showing a great interest in portraiture, although it also includes themes such as landscape. He is an academician of San Fernando, and his awards include the Prince of Asturias of the Arts and the Velázquez of Plastic Arts. In 2008 the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston dedicated a monographic exhibition to him, and in 2011 the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao will do the same. He is represented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the ARTIUM in Vitoria, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Fundación Juan March and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, among others.