Joaquin Peinado

JOAQUÍN PEINADO (Ronda, Málaga, 1898 - Paris, 1975).
"The lighthouse of Honfleur", 1959.
Lithograph on paper. Copy 7/50.
Slight damage to the paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Titled on the back.
Measurements. 45 x 35 cm; 65 x 50 cm (paper).
Joaquín Ruiz-Peinado entered in 1918 in the Superior School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, in Madrid, and during the following years he will become a disciple of Cecilio Plá and Julio Romero de Torres, and will be granted a scholarship for three courses in the Monastery of Santa María de El Paular, obtaining in 1922 the Prize of Painting of El Paular. In 1923, once he finished his studies, he went to Paris, where he settled permanently. There he attended the classes given at the Ranson, Colarossi and La Grande Chaumière academies, while he became interested in cubist painting, an aesthetic that he would personalize and maintain in his works. Also, in 1924 he showed his work at the Salons des Indépendants, Surindépendants and d'Automne. Nevertheless, from the city of the Seine he continued to be part of the Spanish artistic life, participating in the mythical First Exhibition of the Society of Iberian Artists in 1925, and illustrating several magazines. Also, in 1926 he won the Painting Prize of the Diputación de Málaga. He also maintained a relationship with the performing arts, like other artists of the time, participating in the films "Un perro andaluz" (1929) and "La edad de oro" (1930), by his friend Buñuel, or as a set designer and draftsman for "Carmen", by Feyder (1925). Likewise, in 1926 he participated in the representation of "El retablo de Maese Pedro" by Falla in Amsterdam together with Buñuel, Cossío, Viñes and Ángeles Ortiz. Over time, his artistic career would lead him to occupy a prominent position within the School of Paris; he will be director of the Painting Section of the Union of Spanish Intellectuals and later vice president of the same, and UNESCO will appoint him delegate of the Section of Spanish Painters of the School of Paris. Since the forties his international exhibitions, both individual and collective, will be frequent, being grouped within the best French art of the time. However, it was not until 1969 when a retrospective of his work was held in Spain; organized by the Directorate General of Fine Arts and held at the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art in Madrid, this exhibition consecrated his figure in our country. In fact, that same year he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of San Telmo in Malaga. Currently his work is widely represented in the museum that bears his name in Ronda, as well as in the Unicaja collection and many other public and private collections.

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