Rufino Peral

RUFINO PERAL (Oviedo, Asturias, 1958).
“The Pilgrimage.”
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 46 × 60 cm; 57.5 × 71 cm (frame).

Galician folk themes occupy a prominent place in the work of Rufino Peral, who has spent much of his career in Vigo. In this piece, the pilgrimage is depicted as a collective celebration in which music, traditional attire, and the landscape come together in an intensely lively composition. Peral seeks to convey the dynamism of the gathering through the repetition of gestures, the rhythm of the figures, and the interplay of color fields. The work thus embodies the characteristics typically associated with his painting: chromaticism, vitality, and an expressive interpretation of Galician themes.

Rufino Peral pursued his career in Galicia, eventually settling permanently in Vigo. His body of work focuses primarily on landscapes, seafaring scenes, and Galician folk traditions, rendered through a figurative style characterized by intense color and expressive composition.