Landscape. Oil On Canvas. García Lesmes, Aurelio.

Landscape. Oil on canvas. GARCÍA LESMES, Aurelio (Valladolid, Spain, 1884 – Mexico City, Mexico, 1942).

Signed (lower right).

Aurelio García Lesmes was a Spanish painter who began his training in Valladolid and, thanks to a scholarship from the Provincial Council, continued his studies at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, where he made a name for himself at the National Fine Arts Exhibitions (he won a third-place medal at the 1917 exhibition, a second-place medal at the 1922 exhibition, and a first-place medal at the 1926 exhibition). In the capital, he met Valle-Inclán, Ricardo Baroja, Darío de Regoyos, and others, and alternated his stays in Madrid with long periods in Valladolid, where he worked on his famous paintings depicting the Castilian countryside. He eventually established himself as one of the most prestigious Spanish landscape painters of his time and settled in Valladolid. After the Civil War, he went into exile in Mexico. His works are on display in leading institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), the Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), and others. -

Dimensions: 68 x 4 x 59 cm; int.: 55 x 46.5 cm.