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ALVARO DELGADO 1.922 – 2.016

Born in Madrid in 1922, it currently is one of the best known and most important Spanish Expressionism painters and one of the highest quote portraitists.

He had his first exhibition in Madrid in 1945, having held so far over one hundred solo exhibitions in different Spanish cities, as well as in Rome, Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, London, Montevideo...

He participated in the biennials as prestigious as the Venice of 1950 and 1964, Havana in 1954, Alexandria in 1955, São Paulo in 1959 and 1963

He has won the highest awards, culminating in the award of the Gold Medal of the city of Madrid and the Gold Medal of the arts. Since 1973, it is academic of the Academy of fine arts of San Fernando in Madrid.

This represented in the contemporary art museum of Madrid, at the Museum of fine arts of San Fernando, as well as other many Spanish museums (among which are the Museum of fine arts of Asturias or the Museum House - Natal of Jovellanos). His work is represented in museums of Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Vatican City, Addis Abbeba, Florence outside Spain...

It has been a firm supporter of Benjamín Palencia, Member of the school of Vallecas. In 1950, it forms part of the exhibition of Spanish art in Cairo and the Venice Biennale. Since 1973, it is academic of the Academy of fine arts of San Fernando. Since 1988, it is member of the European Academy of Sciences and arts. In 2003, he was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the program "Spanish art abroad". That same year he exhibited at the Spanish Institute in New York. His work covers a wide range of themes: landscapes, still lifes, genre paintings and portraits. In 1942 it writes the book "On the school of Vallecas" coinciding with its separation from it.

Premio del Concurso Nacional de Carteles del S.E.U. (1939).
Premio de la I Bienal Hispanoamericana (1952)
Gran Premio de Pintura en la I Bienal de Alejandría (1955)
Gran Premio de Pintura en la Exposición Nacional de Arte Mediterráneo de Alicante (1960)
Medalla de Oro en el XII Salón Nacional de Grabado (1962)
Premio a la Mejor Exposición de Pintura (1988)
Medalla del Ayuntamiento de Madrid al Mérito Artístico (1991)
Medalla de Oro de la Villa de Madrid (1995)
Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes (1996)
Medalla de Oro de Artesantander (1997)
Premio GERION (2000)