VICENTE CASTELLANO GINER (Valencia, 1927). "Composition", 1992. Oil on sackcloth. Signed and dated in the lower right-hand corner. Signed and dated on the back. Measurements: 81 x 65 cm, 84 x 67 cm (frame). Castellano Giner trained in Valencia, Madrid and Paris. Co-founder of the groups Los Siete and Parpalló, he has exhibited in various European cities (in 1980 he held a joint exhibition with Millares and Tàpies in Switzerland), and has taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia. In 2008 he was appointed a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. He is currently represented at the IVAM in Valencia, the Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza in Alzuza, Navarra and the Museo de Vilafamés in Castellón.

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