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Giner Bueno
(Spanish b. 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 Bueno’s 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 it’s 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
countryside’s 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 Bueno’s 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 Spain’s 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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