ARTISTS GALLEGO PAINTERS (HISTORICAL VANGUARD)

Author: Castelao, José Frau, Manuel Colmeiro, etc
Publisher: NOVAGALICIA EDICIONS
Publication Date: 2004-12-01
Features: ARTISTAS PINTORES studies in depth the most representative artists of the country. The investigation of life and work involve more than thirty historians and art critics, always the most qualified and specialized in each artist.
Artistas Pintores stands out not only for its design and texts, but also for the maximum quality achieved in photography, photo-mechanics, printing, and binding.
Artistas Pintores has a great international projection. We export to Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA, Costa Rica, England...
Volumes of 416 pages, 32x24cm, in luxury edition.
More than 500 reproductions in full color and texts written by a team of renowned critics and historians.
Paper: Creator Silk of 200 grams.
The reproductions occupy more than 75% of the total extension of the book.
Binding: Cialux with a cover in French binding, quadruple corners, plasticized in gloss.

It coincides in time with the nationalist closure between 1923 and 1936. Its protagonists opt for a fusion of tradition and popular forms of anthropological heritage with the most refined international languages of return to order, reinforcing their social and expressionist, neo-cubist and neo-fauvist vision, leaving as a result the granite aesthetic. In this context, surrealism takes as its Spanish muse to Maruja Mallo.

“This book series will, in the future, be a fundamental reference for Spanish art. An excellent news, in summary, for all who want to know how the visual image of Spain has been evolving over time.”
Faro, 21-XI-97

“Spain is an art. Artistas Pintores is the great editorial pop of Spanish art of the century, for its valuable content and its careful presentation.”
ABC, 9-IX-98

“A monumental work. As a miracle for Spanish creators.”
El punto de las artes, 18/24-IX-98

“This is the most important work... realized so far in the field of artists