Salvador Rodríguez Bronchú

SALVADOR RODRÍGUEZ BRONCHÚ (Valencia, 1913–1999).
“Poor Houses.”
Oil on board.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 24 x 35 cm; 41 x 52 cm (frame).
Salvador Bronchú trained in the studio of his father, the painter and set designer Francisco Rodríguez Cabanes, and later took lessons from the master Juan Belda, a painter from Godella who was a scholarship recipient in Rome.
An admirer of Ignacio Pinazo and José Navarro, he was one of the most prominent masters of the so-called “Godella School.” In his early years, he was known as the “painter of grays,” but he gradually moved away from this style and shifted to a more colorful and dense style, skillfully applied with a palette knife, excelling in the composition of his paintings. Throughout his long artistic career, he received numerous awards, including a Second National Medal of Fine Arts in 1957. His work is represented in numerous museums and art galleries. In 1978, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Town of Godella, where he died on November 27, 1999.