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JORGE CASTILLO CASALDERREY (Pontevedra, 1933). Untitled, 1970. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right-hand corner and on the back. Size: 120 x 120 cm; 122 x 122 cm (frame). From a family that emigrated to Buenos Aires, Castillo returned to Europe in 1957. After passing through Vigo he settles in Madrid, where he soon comes into contact with the art critic José María Moreno Galván, who admires his work and introduces him to Madrid's artistic circles. In 1958 he began to sell his drawings at the Biosca gallery, and the painter Antonio Saura himself bought several of them. The following year he exhibited his works on paper and watercolours at the Altamira gallery in Madrid. Little by little he began to opt for the technique of engraving, which would finally become his main means of expression, although he alternated it with painting. In 1960 he was selected for the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil. From then on he exhibited his work internationally, in galleries and museums in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris, Lisbon, Turin, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Geneva. He took part in the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1976, and in 1970 he held a solo exhibition at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the first major museum exhibition devoted to a specific period of his career. He won prizes such as the International Drawing (1964) and Painting (1975) awards in Darmstadt, the Ciudad de Pontevedra (1994), and the Cultura Viva de las Artes Plásticas (2006). He currently lives and works in Ibiza. Jorge Castillo's work can be seen in the Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, the Juan March Foundation, the National Galleries of Edinburgh and Berlin, the San Francisco and Vitoria Museums of Modern Art, the Kunsthalle in Bremen, the Albertina in Vienna, the National Library of Spain and the Guggenheim in New York, among others.
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JORGE CASTILLO CASALDERREY (Pontevedra, 1933). Untitled, 1970. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right-hand corner and on the back. Size: 120 x 120 cm; 122 x 122 cm (frame). From a family that emigrated to Buenos Aires, Castillo returned to Europe in 1957. After passing through Vigo he settles in Madrid, where he soon comes into contact with the art critic José María Moreno Galván, who admires his work and introduces him to Madrid's artistic circles. In 1958 he began to sell his drawings at the Biosca gallery, and the painter Antonio Saura himself bought several of them. The following year he exhibited his works on paper and watercolours at the Altamira gallery in Madrid. Little by little he began to opt for the technique of engraving, which would finally become his main means of expression, although he alternated it with painting. In 1960 he was selected for the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil. From then on he exhibited his work internationally, in galleries and museums in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris, Lisbon, Turin, Hanover, Düsseldorf and Geneva. He took part in the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1976, and in 1970 he held a solo exhibition at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the first major museum exhibition devoted to a specific period of his career. He won prizes such as the International Drawing (1964) and Painting (1975) awards in Darmstadt, the Ciudad de Pontevedra (1994), and the Cultura Viva de las Artes Plásticas (2006). He currently lives and works in Ibiza. Jorge Castillo's work can be seen in the Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, the Juan March Foundation, the National Galleries of Edinburgh and Berlin, the San Francisco and Vitoria Museums of Modern Art, the Kunsthalle in Bremen, the Albertina in Vienna, the National Library of Spain and the Guggenheim in New York, among others.
