Agustín Redondela

(Madrid, 1922 - 2015)

Author's artworks
20th Century Spanish
 
The son of the painter and stage designer José González Redondela, Agustín’s first exposure to the art world was working alongside his father. He later attended the School of Arts and Crafts, where he met the artists of the so-called
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Redondela had his first solo exhibition in 1945 at Galería Estilo in Madrid. His frequent travels throughout Spain led to his taste for landscape in which his style became sketchier and with a more restrained palette.
In 1953 he won the National Painting Prize. A year later, he obtained a grant from the Catherwood Foundation, Philadelphia. In 1996 he was awarded the González de la Peña Prize from the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Shortly after that, in 1998, the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid organised a survey exhibition of his work.