Alberto Gironella

Alberto Gironella
Born
Alberto Gironella

26 September 1929
Mexico City, Mexico
Died2 August 1999 (aged 69)
Mexico City, Mexico
NationalityLatin American
EducationNational Autonomous University of Mexico, Self-taught Painter
Known forLiterature and painting
Notable workLas Meninas
SpouseCarmen Parra
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Paris Biennale Young Artist Award 1960

Alberto Gironella (26 September 1929 – 2 August 1999) was a self-taught Mexican painter born in Mexico City. Heavily influenced by the politics and artist in Mexico, he showcased his works in Brazil, United States, Spain, France, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland. In Mexico his works were in the Palace of Fine Arts and Museum of Modern Art, and the Carrillo Gil and Rufino Tamayo museums. Gironella also illustrated the book Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes. In 1960 he won the first prize of the Paris Biennial for Young Painters[1] and the first prize of the Sixth Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil. Several of his later paintings were nudes, including several with either topless or fully naked women on beds either holding a classical guitar or one shown in the background such as Sanda as Carmen (1985).[2]

Gironella, also depicted American singer Madonna in his last years which he considered than more than pop, she is a surrealist.[3][4][5] According to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, his Madonna series artworks started in 1991.[6] Gironella has left behind a legacy with his artworks and his only known son, Emiliano Garcia, has continued to share his father's works. specifically his father's "Las Meninas" series.[7]

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  2. ^ "Alberto Gironella". Raphael Rubenstein. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Exponen obra de Alberto Gironella dedicada a Madonna". La Nación (in Spanish). 31 January 2004. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Vázquez, Juan Alberto (13 December 2012). "El pintor al que Madonna despreció". Milenio. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ Bonet, Rubén (1 February 2004). "Madonna o la obsesión icónica". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ MARCO 2002, p. 365
  7. ^ Silvia S., Cherem. "Alberto Gironella entre sus dioses". Gale OneFile. Agencia Reforma. Retrieved 24 October 2019.