Mauricio-flores Kaperotxipi "the Little Basque Children" Oil On Canvas Signed 60x50 Cm

Mauricio Flores Kaperotxipi (Zarautz 1901 – Zarautz 1997) “The little Basque children” Oil on canvas signed lower right L: 60.0 cm x H: 50.0 cm Kaperotxipi, Mauricio Flores: his life, his work. In his From his early youth, Mauricio worked in the family clothing workshop while taking evening drawing classes. At the age of 17, he moved to Madrid and joined López Mezquita's workshop where he perfected his skills. drawing and painting. He remained there for 8 years. In 1922, he won first prize at the exhibition of New Artists of the province of Gipuzkoa in the painting category, with his painting “The Return of Fishing”. 1927, he exhibited 70 portraits of Basque characters in the salons of the Council of Gipuzkoa then was invited to exhibit in Argentina where he enjoyed great success in the early 1930s. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1937 because of the Civil War During his years in exile he also worked as a writer and journalist in connection with Basque arts. He notably published two books there: “Pintores vascos y no vascos” (1947) and “Arte vasco” (1954). In 1958 he opened an art gallery there. With the end of Francoism, he returned to Spain in 1974 and ended his life in his native village.