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Fernando Fernandez Biography Fernando Fernandez was born in Barcelona in 1940, where he still lives and works. Today he is one of the most prestigious portrait painters in Spain, with a long list of museums and luminaries as collectors. His figurative work has evolved into a contemporary realism with the elegance of Sargent, and the luminous compositions of Sorolla. Painted in his studio facing the Mediterranean, his works glow with the sea’s unique light. Fernandez began his professional career as a cartoonist near the end of the 1950s. Over the next two decades, he illustrated his own works, published by major publishing houses in Europe (Hachette, Rizzoli) and in the U.S. (Random House, Bantam, Macmillan and others). Since the early 1980s he has dedicated himself full-time to figurative oil painting. Fernandez received formal training at the prestigious Art School of La Llotja in Barcelona, and also took private classes with the master painter José Valls Nolasco. He also has a long and distinguished career as a master painter and educator himself: 1975-77 Professor of Drawing, Escuela Hermanos Maristas; 1981-82 Founder/Professor Teacher, T.C.I School of Drawing; 1990-92 Professor, Createcnia ( Academy of Visual Arts ); and 1980-84 Founder/Member of the Executive Committee, Barcelona International Illustration Fair. Fernandez has been hailed as one of the great masters of the Barcelona School of figurative painting. His work is highly realistic yet profoundly romantic. He has been exhibited throughout Europe, with more than 100 individual and collective shows. Fernandez’ work is held in private collections throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as diverse locations from Saudi Arabia to Japan. His work is even held in the personal collection of the King of Spain. MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain Thyssen Bornemisza Art Collection, Madrid, Spain Private Collection of the Royal House of Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art, Sevilla, Spain Museum of Drawing Castillo de Larres, Huesca, Spain Esplugues Museum of Art, Barcelona, Spain Donut Panrrico, Ltd. (private collection of corporate president) Maria Teresa Campos (television personality) Terenci Moix (best-selling author) Luis del Olmo (Spanish television journalist and well-known personality) Ramoncin (Spanish music star) EXHIBITIONS 2007 VIGO Art, Vigo, Spain 2007 ARTENIM, Nimes, France 2007 ARIMANY Art Gallery, Tarragona, Spain 2006 SALDUBA Art Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain 2005 TERRAFERMA Art Gallery, Lleida, Spain 2005 INSTITUTO CERVANTES, Toulouse, France (sponsored by Ministerio de Cultura of Spain) 2004 MAR Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2004 City Hall of Avilés, Avilés, Spain 2003 ARIMANY Art Gallery, Tarragona, Spain 2003 LA CLOSETA Art Gallery, La Massana, Andorra 2002 SALDUBA Art Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain 2001 TERRAFERMA Art Gallery, Lleida, Spain 2000 MAR Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1999 TERRAFERMA Art Gallery, Lleida, Spain 1998 HORRACH-MOYA Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1998 ARIMANY Art Gallery, Tarragona, Spain 1997 TERRAFERMA Art Gallery, Lleida, Spain 1997 PUERTO POLLENSA Art Gallery, Mallorca, Spain 1997 MAR Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1996 WOLFWALKER Galleries, Sedona AZ, USA 1996 HORRACH-MOYA Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1996 EUROARTE GALERIA, Lisbon, Portugal 1996 CAMAROTE PIZARRO Art Gallery, Valencia, Spain 1996 BENEDITO Art Gallery, Málaga, Spain 1996 AMBASSADOR Gallery, New York NY, USA 1995 ZUCCARO Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain 1995 NEW RENAISSANCE Gallery, Beverly Hills CA, USA 1995 HORRACH-MOYA Art Gallery,Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1995 BRUTTON Art Gallery, London, England 1995 ATELIER Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1994 MAR Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1994 LAKES GALLERY - Taipei - TAIWAN 1994 HORRACH-MOYA Art Gallery , Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1994 EL CARME Art Gallery, Vic, Barcelona 1993 LAMVART Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1993 IONIT Art Gallery , Sant Cugat del Vallés,Spain 1993 HORRACH-MOYA Art Gallery , Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
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