Acclaimed Spanish artist Giner
Bueno, born
1935 in Godella (a town along the Valencia coast) defines himself
as a painter of vitality. Bueno receives his passion for painting
from his father, Luis Giner Vallas, who was a distinguished landscape
painter backed by prestigious awards and exhibitions in important
art galleries.
At the age of twelve, Giner Bueno was given watercolors and oil
paints so that he could join his father and his friends while
they painted.
Giner Bueno became an exceptional
impressionist himself. His talent matured as a student at the
Valencia Arts and Crafts school, and he later moved to Paris
to further his training through an Education and Leisure grant.
Even with his years of educational training, Bueno still says,
The school where I learned was my home, so many of my years
of training- a considerable number of them- were spent painting
and even more importantly, watching someone paint. During
his earlier years, he exhibited his work in leading Spanish painting
contests and received numerous awards including first prize from
Moncada (Valencia) Biannual Painting Contest in 1956 and the
Seville Real Maestranza de Caballeria award in 1968.
Today, all of Giner Buenos
influences can been seen from his Godella studio, which is situated
above his house overlooking a garden. He notes, It is difficult
for a Valencia painter to escape the luminosity of our land,
to escape its color and its contrasts. I am captive of
all that and in my paintings I try to reflect, within the Impressionistic
school, the joy of our beaches, of our festivals and of the life
of the villages in the interior of our arid and rugged Valencia.
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Bueno reflects the daily diversity
of beauty in his countrysides natural light and color through
sweeping brushstrokes of pink, purples and impregnated with the
Valencia school that defines the authentic and true masters such
as Sorolla, Pinazo or Navarro, for example.
Viewers of Buenos canvases
are presented with a wonderfully unique look at Spanish coastal
life.
His plein-air paintings reflect images of everyday working class
fisherman, peaceful seascapes, and women wearing traditional
dresses keeping watchful eye on children at the beach or at a
market.
The phenomenal way Giner Bueno
depicts the simplistic Mediterranean life truly has earned him
the right to be called one of Spains most distinguished
masters of Impressionism. He has participated in over 50 shows
throughout Europe and regularly exhibits at the Sala Llorens
in Barcelona and the Sala Ingres in Madrid and his paintings
have been featured in galleries throughout Spain. Today, his
work is featured in leading galleries in the United States thus
giving him international recognition.
Giner Bueno is a member of the
Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors of Madrid and the
Valencia Fine Art Circle. His work also is represented in the
Municipal Archive Museum of Valencia, the Real Maestranza of
Seville, and in the Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American
Art.
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