233 - RUFINO PERAL (Asturias, 1958).

RUFINO PERAL (Asturias, 1958). "Lighthouse," 2015. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Dimensions: 47 x 33 cm; 65 x 52 cm (frame). Peral has lived in Vigo since he was four years old. In 1972, he began studying painting under the guidance of his teacher, the painter San Luis. He then lived successively in Alicante, Bilbao, Barcelona, Madrid, Vigo again—where he devoted himself to theater—Alcoy (Alicante), and Venice. Today—and permanently—he lives and works in Vigo as a Galician painter of Asturian origin. There are four fundamental characteristics of Rufino Peral’s painting: chromatism, geometrism, lyricism, and vitalism. The critic Francisco Pablos speaks of his “exultant chromatism”—“hot, almost aggressive, regardless of the genre he tackles”—as well as his “geometrism that insinuates itself or reveals itself”; and he also believes that “he exudes lyricism within his apparent, almost scenographic drama” or alludes to pictorial references that “want to live, progress, shout, break out of the painting: they are so full of life.” Since 1973, he has exhibited in various locations throughout Spain, particularly in Galician art galleries.