Giner Bueno
(Spanish-Born
1935)
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.
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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