News April 12, 2024 Inauguration of the exhibition Beyond Realism. Figurative art from China and Spain In honour of 50 years of bilateral relations between China and Spain, the Royal Palace of Madrid has opened an exhibition that will run until May 26, 2024. It is an exhibition of figurative works by 99 contemporary Chinese and Spanish artists called "Beyond Realism. Figurative art from China and Spain." ​ The exhibition offers an overview of figurative art, not simply realism, practised in both countries over the last fifty years. ​ The exhibition opens with a selection of paintings and drawings by Antonio López, Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López, María Moreno, Julio López, Amalia Avia, Isabel Baquedano and Carmen Laffón. ​ More information on the National Heritage website by clicking here . March 23 to April 10, 2023 Exhibition of Antonio López at the Modelo prison, with works by María Moreno For only three weeks, you can visit an exhibition of Antonio López in a unique location: the Modelo prison in Barcelona. A small selection of his works occupies several cells in gallery 5 of this former prison, now converted into a cultural centre. ​ In one of these cells, it is displayed a selection of children's heads made by the artist, including four by María Moreno. In them, she represented two of her grandchildren. ​ ​This exhibition arises in the context of Antonio's collaboration with El Liceu for the concert of Franz Schubert's Winterreise in the same prison. This recital, which will only have three performances, is accompanied by a video in which, under the stage direction of Bárbara Lluch, images of works by Antonio López have been used. For more information, visit the Liceu website: here . ​ You can see images of the exhibition on Antonio López's website: here ​. From December 13, 2022 12-hour interview with Antonio López on the Caixa Forum Plus platform On December 13, La Caixa Foundation launched a new free subscription platform for broadcasting cultural content: Caixa Forum Plus. ​ This project aims to make quality content in cultural and scientific dissemination available to the general public in Spanish. ​ Among the many documentaries and videos available, you can watch the 12-hour interview with Antonio López; recorded for the La Fábrica Creators Archive project that collects the testimonies of the most outstanding creators of the Spanish cultural scene. In it, Antonio talks about his life and career, bearing witness to those of María Moreno. ​ For more information, click here . 24 January-28 February, 2021 Extension of the exhibition of Antonio López and María Moreno in Valencia The exhibition entitled "Antonio López" has been extended for a month. It hosts a wide selection of works by Antonio López and María Moreno at the Bancaja Foundation in Valencia. It will close on February 28, 2021. Click here to read more information 17 September 2020 Press release from the Bancaja Foundation, Valencia Here you can read the press release prepared by the press office of the Bancaja de Valencia Foundation about the exhibition "Antonio López" that will open on September 24. It will be the first time that María Moreno, to whom an entire section of the show is dedicated, and Antonio López exhibit together, apart from the joint participations they have made in various group exhibitions. Click here to read it. July 25, 2019 Opening of the exhibition The Poetics between abstraction & Figuration The New York headquarters of the Cervantes Institute will host the last stop on the tour of the exhibition Poetics between abstraction and figuration, which can be enjoyed until September 8. 20 S eptember , 2018 Opening of the exhibition Secuencias de la realidad On September 20th an exhibition devoted to contemporary figurative painting will be inaugurated at the Da2 center in Salamanca, where several works by María Moreno will be on display until the end of December. March 15, 2024 Opening of the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Realism (MUREC) On March 15, the MUREC, a museum dedicated to contemporary Spanish realist art, was inaugurated. His works, among which there are paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings, cover the panorama of this artistic style in Spain from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. ​ One of the fundamental nuclei is the work of the Realists of Madrid, among which there are several paintings and drawings by María Moreno, presented together with the works of her colleagues and friends: Antonio López, Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López, Amalia Avia, Julio López and Esperanza Parada. ​ This project is located in the Hospital de Santa María Magdalena in Almería capital, a 16th-century building restored for the occasion. ​ For more information about opening hours and visits to the institution, visit the museum's website here . ​ You can see images of some rooms of the museum on Antonio López's website here . ​ February 23, 2023 Publication of Landscapes, with works by Antonio López, Antonio López Torres and María Moreno ARTIKA publishing house publishes the book Landscapes . This work, numbered and signed by hand by Antonio López, also includes a digital print published, expressly for this book. ​ In addition to the reproduction of a large number of his iconic landscapes, both in oil and in drawing, several works by his uncle, Antonio López Torres, who introduced him to painting, and his wife, María Moreno, who accompanied him In the artistic and personal adventure, are included. They are accompanied by texts by Antonio López in which he recounts the processes, data or explanations of these works. With this content, the book presents a journey through more than 100 years of art from 1917 to 2022, of three key figures of recent figurative art in Spain. ​ It can only be purchased through ARTIKA. You can contact us through this link:here . 23 to 27 February 2022 Painting by María Moreno at the ARCO fair During the ARCO 2022 fair, between February 23 and 27, María Moreno's painting, Entrada de casa (1980), can be seen at the Leandro Navarro gallery stand, having been exhibited in the first edition of the fair in 1982. ​ Together with works by Isabel Quintanilla, Carmen Laffón and Amalia Avia, they will constitute a gallery tribute to realist art practiced by women. ​ This year marks the 40th anniversary of ARCO, postponed in 2021 due to the pandemic evolution. 23 December 2020 Presentation of the catalogue of the exhibition of Antonio López and María Moreno On December 23, 2020, the catalogue of what has been the first joint exhibition of María Moreno and Antonio López, and which can still be visited, at the Bancaja Foundation in Valencia, comes to light. In addition to an interview by Tomás Llorens with Antonio López, it includes the reproduction of all the works exhibited in the exhibition. Click here for more information and how to purchase a copy 24 September 2020-24 January 2021 Room displaying the works of María Moreno in "Antonio López" exhibition at Fundación Bancaja, Valencia The exhibition "Antonio López" will be inaugurated on September 24 at the Bancaja Foundation in Valencia. This exhibition, curated by Tomás and Boye Llorens, will cover from the beginning of Antonio's career to the present day; being an excellent opportunity to see some of his latest work. ​ In addition, the show will feature a room dedicated to the painting of María Moreno, the artist's wife and figurative painter with a different view from that of the painter. 26 April, 2019 Opening of the exhibition La poética entre abstracción y figuración From April 26 and for six months, you can enjoy three paintings by María Moreno that are part of the exhibition dedicated to Antonio López in the Monastery of Silos, Burgos. 7 December, 2017 Screening of the documentary about María Moreno, La luz de Antonio On December 7th at 6:30 p.m., the documentary about María Moreno, La luz de Antonio, will be screened at the Cervantes Institute in Prague as part of the series of documentaries scheduled on the occasion the exhibition The Poetics between Abstraction and Figurative Art, which can be visited in this institution until next February 10th. November 29, 203 to March 31, 2024 Exhibition "Antonio López and the Masters of Spanish Realism" in Shanghai On November 29, 2023, the exhibition "Antonio López and the Masters of Spanish Realism" was inaugurated at the Middle Longhua metro station in Shanghai. It presents 46 reproductions of works by Antonio López, Miguel Ángel Argüello, Amalia Avia, Francisco López, José María Mezquita, Isabel Quintanilla, Julio Vaquero and María Moreno, of whom eight works are included. The Chinese public will have the chance to learn about the evolution of contemporary figurative art in Spain from some of its best representatives. This exhibition is co-organized by the Cervantes Institute, the Spanish Embassy in China and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, with the collaboration of Turespaña, the advice of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum of Madrid and the Antonio López and María Moreno Studio . ​ ​ For more information, click here . From February 15 to 26, 2023 Exhibition "Childhood" by Antonio López at El Corte Inglés de Preciados, Madrid An exhibition devoted to Children is displayed in the window shops of El Corte Inglés on Preciados Street in Madrid from February 15 to 26, 2023. This exhibition includes several sculptures, and a few oil paintings, on this theme by Antonio López and a pair by María Moreno. ​ This project is part of the ARCO art fair in its 2023 edition. ​ The presentation ceremony had the collaboration of the director of ARCO, Maribel López, which was followed by a talk between Gervasio Posadas and Antonio López that can be watched by clicking here . 18 May-31 December, 2021 Virtual visit to the exhibition of Antonio López and María Moreno at Fundación Bancaja On the occasion of the celebration of International Museum Day, the Valencia Bancaja Foundation has launched a virtual visit to the exhibition Antonio Lópezm which took place between September 2020 and February 2021. The visitor can tour the rooms displaying the selection of works by Antonio López and María Moreno and read some informative texts about them. ​ Click here to access 27 October 2020 Screening of El sol del membrillo at the Valencian Film Library On the occasion of World Audiovisual Heritage Day, on October 27, the Valencia Film Library will offer a screening of El sol del membrilllo, by Víctor Erice, at 6:00 p.m. It coincides with the exhibition "Antonio López" at the headquarters of the Bancaja Foundation in the same city, in which two rooms are dedicated to the work of María Moreno, who was the producer of the film. Click here to read more information January 28-March 28, 2020 Participation in the CajaCanarias Foundation exhibition On January 28, 2020, an exhibition dedicated to showing the work of internationally renowned women artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Nancy Spero, Kiki Smith, Paula Rego, Helena Almeida, Rebecca Horn, Nan Goldin, among others, will be inaugurated. This show, Transformations. Women artists between two centuries , will feature a work by María Moreno. 19 February, 2019 Opening of the show La poética entre abstracción y figuración On February 19, a new itinerancy of the exhibition dedicated to Spanish art from the 50s and 60s of the last century will be inaugurated, The poetics between abstraction and figuration, at the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in Lisbon, where some works by María Moreno can be seen until April 19. 8 March , 2017 The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Screens the Documentary La luz de Antonio On the occasion of "Women's Day", the documentaries on two of the most important figurative painters of contemporary Spanish art, María Moreno and Amalia Avia, will be shown at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

News September 20, 2018 Inauguration of the exhibition Sequences of Reality On September 20th an exhibition devoted to contemporary figurative painting will be inaugurated at the Da2 center in Salamanca, where several works by María Moreno will be on display until the end of December. December 7, 2017 Screening of the documentary about María Moreno, La luz de Antonio On December 7th at 6:30 pm, the documentary about María Moreno, La luz de Antonio, will be screened at the Cervantes Institute in Prague as part of the series of documentaries scheduled on the occasion the exhibition The Poetics of Abstraction and the figuration, which can be visited in this institution until next February 10th. March 8, 2017 The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Screens the Documentary La luz de Antonio On the occasion of "Women's Day", the documentaries on two of the most important figurative painters of contemporary Spanish art, María Moreno and Amalia Avia, will be shown at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

Home Tribute Video Text TRIBUTE TO MARÍA MORENO Tribute Video A María Moreno Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Embed Video Link Copied Text The painter María Moreno (May 14, 1933, Madrid) passed away in Madrid on the morning of February 17, 2020 at the age of 86. Trained at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid (1954-59), she became a drawing teacher herself during the 1960s. Task that she would leave to devote herself to her artistic creation. She shared her formative years and early career with a group of artists dedicated to depicting reality, with whom she created bonds of friendship that have been lasting over time. Among these Madrid Realists, a name used by critics, were Isabel Quintanilla, Esperanza Parada, Amalia Avia, Francisco and Julio López, as well as her life partner, Antonio López. With him she has shared her artistic concerns, sharing mutual and indispensable support for the progress of their careers. The admiration between them has been a constant. They formed a family with two daughters, María and Carmen, of which María Moreno has been a fundamental pillar. Although her individual exhibitions have not been as numerous as the group shows, due, in part, to the fact that it was not a possibility that she contemplated with great interest; they have been essential for her work to be known and admired by both national and international collectors. To her artistic side we must add that of artistic management, which has been essential for the realization of different creative projects of the couple; including what is one of the most important films on the international film scene dedicated to artistic creation: The Quince Tree Sun , by Víctor Erice. María took over the executive production and, thanks to her determination, the filming of the tape was completed. She was an artist of great sensitivity, who knew not only how to capture reality, but also how to add her emotion and sensitive gaze. She dedicated her talent to paint and draw those subjects that most seduced her, such as the bright landscapes of La Mancha and Madrid, but also her home and garden, as well as flowers and some brilliant still lifes; leaving works of great personal imprint. Her approach to colour and light was progressive, but once she opened her work to light, she would no longer abandoned it. ​ BHC

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Exhibitions List of Shows Exhibitions Exhibitions GROUP SHOW AT THE INSTITUTO CERVANTES IN LISBON On 26 September 2018 a new venue of the exhibition's The poetics of abstraction and figurative art will be opened at the Cervantes Institute in Rome, located in the Piazza Navona. This exhibition began at the Cervantes Institute in Prague in November 2017. Thirty-five works by some of the most representative artists of the figurative art and abstraction practiced in Madrid in the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century can be seen in this exhibition. VIEW MORE EXHIBITION AT THE INSTITUTO CERVANTES IN ROME On September 26, 2018 at the Cervantes Institute in Rome in Piazza Navona, a new venue for the travelling exhibition The Poetry of Abstraction and Figurative Painting , which began at the Cervantes Institute in Prague in November 2017, will be opened. Thirty-five works by some of the most representative artists of Madrid's figuration and abstraction of the fifties and sixties of the 20th century will be seen at this show. VIEW MORE EXHIBITION AT THE INST. CERVANTES PRAGUE, 11/10/2017 TO 10/02/2018 The exhibition The Poetry of Abstraction and Figurative Painting was opened at the Cervantes Institute in Prague, which consists of 35 works by some of the most representative artists of Madrid's figurative and abstraction painting of the fifties and sixties of the 20th century. Works by members of the El Paso group, among whom were Antonio Saura, Luis Feito, Martín Chirino or Rafael Canogar among others; but also paintings by other abstract and figurative artists such as Lucio Muñoz, Isabel Quintanilla, María Moreno or Antonio López. These last ones although they were not part of any artistic group, maintained ties of friendship and artistic connection, being grouped later by the critic. VIEW MORE INTERPRETED REALITY, SHOW IN FUENLABRADA, MADRID On September 21st, 2017 the exhibition "Interpreted Reality" was inaugurated at the Tomás y Valiente Art Center of Fuenlabrada, which featured works by the top representative artists of the New Spanish Figuration, including a selection of works by Antonio López and María Moreno. The show lasted until November 5. VIEW MORE List of Shows List of Shows EXHIBITIONS OF MARÍA MORENO Solo Exhibitions: ​ 1966 María Moreno . Galería Edurne, Madrid, 23 April–7 May. 1973 María Moreno. Ölbilder Zeichnungen. Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt. 1990 María Moreno. Peintures et dessins . Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. Group Shows: ​ 1962 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes. Palacio del Retiro, Madrid. 1963 Exposición Concurso Nacional , Badajoz. Concurso Nacional de Castellón. Joven Figuración en España. Organized by Madrid Atheneum in the Ancient Hospital of Santa Cruz, Barcelona. 1964 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes. Palacio del Retiro, Madrid. 1965 Exposición Concursos Nacionales. Madrid. 1966 Exposición Colectiva . Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid. 1968 25 pintoras actuales. Galería El Bosco, Madrid, 11–29 January. 1969 Exposición Concursos Nacionales 1969. Dirección General de Bellas Artes, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid. 1970 Magischer Realismus in Spanien heute. Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; Galerie Buchholz, Munich, September–October; Galerie Buchholz, Munich, November–December. 1971 Exposición Colectiva. Librería Machado, Madrid. 1972 Pintura femenina española. Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, Madrid. Art’72. Kunstmesse, Basilea. 1973 Art 4 ’73 . Basel Internationale Kunstmesse, Basilea, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, June. Contemporary Spanish Realists. Marlborough Fine Art, London, September–October. 1974 Ars 74. Art Museum of the Ateneum, Helsinki. Drawings by Ten Contemporary Spanish Artists. Marlborough Gallery, New York. Mujeres ante el Arte. Galería Iolas-Velasco, Madrid. El realismo hoy . Galería Val i 30, Valencia. 1975 Spanische Realisten . Galerie Kornfeld, Zurich, October–November. Amalia Avia, Julio L. Hernández, Carmen Laffón, Francisco López, Antonio López García, Antonio López Torres, María Moreno, Isabel Quintanilla. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Seville, April–May. Realismus + Realität. Institut Mathildenhöhe, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt. La Mujer en la Cultura Actual. Palacio de Fuensalida, Toledo. Exposición inaugural. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Toledo, Casa de las Cadenas, Toledo. 1976 Pintores manchegos. Banco de Santander, Ciudad Real. Fünf Spanische Realisten . Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Frankfurt. Einblicke–Ausblicke. Fensterbilder von der Romentik bis heute. Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen. 1977 Realität, Hiperrealität, Irrealität . Documenta 6, Kassel. Spanische Realisten . María Moreno, Antonio López Garcia, Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López. Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg. 1978 10 Kunst-und Antiquitäten-Messe Hannover. Galerie und Orangerie, Hannover-Herrenhausen, April. Als guter Realist muss ich alles erfinden: internationaler Realismus heute. Kunstverein and Kunsthaus Hamburg, Kunstverein and Kunsthaus, Hamburg, 4 Nov. 1978-7 January 1979; Badischer Kunstverein de Karlsruhe, 21 January-4 March, 1979. 1979 Fiac 79. Galerie Negru, Paris. 1980 Spanische Realisten. María Moreno, Antonio López Garcia, Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López. Kunstverein Braunschweig Haus Salve Hospes, Braunschweig, Germany. 1981 Realismo en España. Aula de Artes Plásticas de la Universidad Complutense, Madrid. El dibuix. Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca. 1982 I pittori spagnoli della realtà. Centro d’Arte Montebello, Milan. Arco’82. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid. 1983 Arco’83. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid. Realidades . Institución Cultural El Brocense, Diputación Provincial, Cáceres, May. El dibujo una realidad. Galería Heller, Madrid, July–September. 1984 Mujeres en el Arte Español (1900-1984) . Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Ayto. de Madrid, Madrid. Realistes à Madrid. Saló del Tinell, Departament de Cultura de Catalunya, Barcelona, February. Arte Español en el Congreso . Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid. Resurrección de la naturaleza muerta. Galería Heller, Madrid. 1985 Figuras y figuraciones. Galería Juan Gris, Madrid. 1986 7 Spanish Realists . Claude Bernard Gallery, New York, May–June. 1987 Naturalezas Españolas (1940-1987). Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, November 1987–January 1988. 1988 Realismo y Figuración. Fundación Rodríguez Acosta, Granada, June–July. 1990 El espacio privado. Cinco siglos en veinte palabras. Centro Nacional de Exposiciones, Sala Julio González, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid. 1991 Realismo español. Dos generaciones . Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid. Realismos, Arte Contemporáneo Español. Asahi Shimbun (Org.), Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo. Roaming exhibition: Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama. Visiones de Madrid. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, May–June. Homenaje a Ortega. Galería de arte Villanueva, Madrid, April–May. 1992 Otra realidad, compañeros en Madrid. Fundación Caja Madrid (January–February). Roaming Exhibition: Fund. M. Botín, Santander (July–August); Centro de Exp. y Congresos, Zaragoza (September–October). Contemporary Spanish Artists . Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo, November–December. Madrid pintado. Museo Municipal, Madrid. Artistas en Madrid . Pabellón de la Comunidad de Madrid, Expo’92, Seville. Jardín de vidrio . Bodegones y flores en realidad. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, December 1992–January 1993. APROARTE . Galería Leandro Navarro, Barcelona. 1994 Realismos . Centro Cultural Conde Duque, City Council of Madrid. Arte en dos . Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, December 1994–January 1995. Antonio López García . Proceso de un trabajo. Fundación FOCUS, Seville, November 1994–January 1995. Exposición Homenaje a López Torres. Galería Arteta, Madrid. 1995 Artistas de la Galería Malborough. Kiosko Alfonso, La Coruña. Realismo español entre dos milenios. Sala de la Pasión, Valladolid (May–June). Roaming Exhibition: Sala de Armas, Ciudadela, Pamplona (June–July); Fundación Caja Rioja, Logroño (September—October); Palacio Almudí, Murcia; Casal Sollería, Palma de Mallorca (February–March 1996). 1996 Desde la Realidad / Dalla Realtà – Quatro Artisti Spagnoli Contemporanei. Antonio López, Isabel Quintanilla, María Moreno, Francisco López. Accademia Spagnola di Storia, Archeologia e Belle Arti, Rome. Sensibilidades . Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, February–April. Contemporary Spanish Realists . Marlborough Fine Art, London, June–August. Autour de la reálité: réalismes espagnols. Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris. 25 años. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, October–December. 1997 El realismo en sus raíces. Centro Cultural Caixavigo, Vigo. 1998 Paisajes de un siglo. Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria. 1999 Interiores. Visiones íntimas de un siglo. Centro Cultural Caixavigo, Vigo. Roaming Exhibition: La Coruña, Lugo, Ourense. Mirar Madrid. Casa de Vacas, City Council of Madrid, Madrid. 2000 Rosas para el 2000. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid. 2002 Nuovo Realismo Spagnolo. Galleria Narieschi, Milan. Luz de la mirada. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, 2002–2003. 2003 Arte axuda Galicia. Fundación Fexdega, Vilagarcía de Arousa. Roaming Exhibition: Vigo, Ourense, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra. 2004 Visiones de la realidad . Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria. 2005 Pinceladas de Realidad. Amalia Avia, María Moreno, Isabel Quintanilla. Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña, Xunta de Galicia, La Coruña. 2006 Realidad, arte spagnola della realtà. Galleria Civica di Palazzo Loffredo, Potenza, Largo Pignatari, 2006–2007. Realidades de la realidad. Ajuntament de Valencia and Caja Castilla La Mancha, Museo de la Ciudad de Valencia. 2007 Im licht der wirklichkeit, Zeitgenössischer realismus in Spanien. Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen. ​ 2008 Cincuenta años después. Galería Leandro Navarro, Madrid, 2008–2009. La feminidad en el arte. Fundación Caja Castellón-Bancaja, Sala Bancaja San Miguel. Creadoras del Siglo XX. Espacio Cultural Caja Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, June–August. Realidades de la realidad. Caja de Extremadura Obra Social, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Badajoz; Convento de San Francisco, Plasencia; Palacio de Mayoralgo, Cáceres, 2008–2009. 2009 Realidades de la realidad. Caja Duero, Salamanca. 2011 Realidades de la realidad . Fundación Caja Castellón-Bancaja, Sala Bancaja San Miguel, Castellón. 2014 Visiones de la realidad. Caja Canarias Fundación, Espacio Cultural Caja Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Selección Alumnos Talleres Cátedra Francisco de Goya y sus maestros . Fundación Caja de Ávila, Palacio Los Serrano. De Picasso a Barceló . Galería CCPUCP, Lima, Perú, 2014–2015. 2015 Ellas. Creadoras de los siglos XX y XXI. CAC, Vélez-Málaga, March–April. Gorputz Eta Arima XX. Eta XXI. Mendeetako emakume artistak / En cuerpo y alma. Mujeres artistas de los siglos XX y XXI. Sala Jubo-Kutxa Aretoa, San Sebastián, 19 June–27 September. 2016 Realistas de Madrid . Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 9 February–22 May. Realismo en España 50 años. Sala Baluarte, Centro Cultural Adolfo Suárez, 8 April–16 June. A la mesa. Bodegones en el arte. Museo de Santa Cruz de Toledo. 4 May–4 September. 30 Aniversario . Galería Ansorena, Madrid, 15 September–28 October. Impresiones sobre Noches en los jardines de España. Fundación Caja Rural Granada, Sala Zaida, Granada, 10 November–10 December. 2017 Realistas . Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, 19 January-26 March. Bodegones en el arte . Sala Fundación Vital, Vitoria, 1 June-17 September. La apariencia de lo real. Museo Carmen Thyssen, Málaga, 6 April-10 September. Realidad interpretada. Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada, 21 September-5 November. La poética de la abstracción y la figuración . Instituto Cervantes, Praga, 9 November 2017-10 February 2018 2018 La poética de la abstracción y la figuración. Rossiyskaya Academia Khudozhestv, Moscow, 30 March-20 August. Seducidos por la realidad. DA2 Domus Artium, Salamanca, 20 September 2018-6 January 2019. La poética de la abstracción y la figuración . Instituto Cervantes, Roma, 26 September-12 January 2019. Bodegones en el arte. Engaño y primor en la pintura. Sala Las Claras, Murcia, 4 October-25 November. 2019 La poética entre abstracción y figuración. Arte español en los años 50 y 60. Instituto Cervantes, Lisbon, 19 February-19 April. ​ [February, 2019] ​

DIGIGRAPHIES AFTER WORKS BY MARÍA MORENO The María Moreno Studio has edited 4 digital prints after the artist's work in December 2020. All these works, of limited edition, are numbered and are accompanied by a certificate. Tomelloso Garden, 2020, digigraph, 61 x 78,5 cm Digital printing of the drawing by María Moreno, "Jardín de Tomelloso" Levante Street, 2020, digigraph, 53 x 61 cm Digital printing of the painting by María Moreno, "Calle Levante" Quince Trees in Záncara River, 2020, digigraph, 61 x 78,5 cm Digital printing of the drawing by María Moreno, "Membrilleros en Río Záncara" Pansies with sunshine, 2020, digigraph, 45 x 46 cm Digital printing of María Moreno's painting, "Pensamientos con sol" Antonio López and Francisco Fernández from UM Photography watching the proofs of Calle Levante next to the painting by María Moreno "Pansies with sunshine" and "Levante Street" prints' proofs Proofs of the Digital printings; "Quince trees in Río Záncara" and "Tomelloso Garden" Comparing sizes of the proofs of "Pansies with sunshine" Printing "Tomelloso Garden" in the stamping workshop Proofs and prints of the works of María Moreno in UM Some prints of works of María Moreno in the UM workshop In the UM print shop Prints of works of Maria Moreno 1/13

Chrono-biography Bio Contact HOME 1 HOME 2 Chronology Chrono-biography Maria Moreno This video narrates in images the personal and artistic life of María Moreno. María Moreno Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Chrono-biography She was born in Madrid in 1933 Born in Madrid in 1933 Although she spent some years in Valencia during her childhood, coinciding with the Civil War, which brought her in touch with a world of light and joy, thanks to hercontact with nature and the sea that caused an indelible mark on her. During her teens she was an avid reader and frequented museums in the capital. She began her studies in Fine Arts in 1954 After spending some time at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, she passed the entrance exam to the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where she studied painting. Fine Arts Studies 1957 In the summer of 1957, coinciding with her training, María travels to Paris to satisfy her artistic curiosity, visiting museums and seeing paintings. It will be precisely where she will make her self-portrait. During the years 1958 and 1960 she taught drawing classes 1959 The end of her studies In the environment of the San Fernando School she gets to know or deepens the friendship with several students of Fine Arts who later became artists with important careers: Isabel Quintanilla, Esperanza Parada, Julio López, Francisco López, Lucio Muñoz, Enrique Gran, Joaquín Ramo and Antonio López. She will finish her studies in 1959. At the beginning of her career, she dedicates herself to teaching, before even concluding her studies in Fine Arts, teaching drawing classes. Task that began in the Institute Filial of Isabel the Catholic of Madrid, where taught between 1958 and 1960. 1961 Marries the artist Antonio López With him she will have two daughters, María and Carmen. They will be partners of life and trade, assuming great mutual support in the development of their careers. 1966 Her first solo exhibition took place at the Edurne Gallery First solo exhibition She returned to teaching 1966-69 Between 1966 and 1969, she returned to teach at two institutions of Alcala de Henares: the National Institute for Media Education and Labor University. She combined this work with her own artistic production. It shows a set of intimate works, in which she represents spaces of her environment, which is dominated by gloomy and collected interiors. In the sixties disclosed her work at the national level Influence of Antonio López Torres The influence of Antonio López Torres During the sixties, when art galleries proliferate in Spain, it is when she begins to exhibit her work, which she previously kept for herself. In 1966 she showed her work in two Madrid venues: Juana Mordó and Edurne galleries, where she had her already mentioned first solo exhibition. The painter Antonio López Torres (1902-1987), uncle of her husband, had a great impact on the work of María Moreno; both in her openness to light and in the change of her palette to warmer and clearer colors. With him they had continued contact since the sixties, both her husband and her, as well as the marriage of artists formed by Isabel Quintanilla and Francisco López. In 1973 she exhibited individually for the second time 1973 With Antonio López Torres in 1973 ​ ​ ©E.Moses María exhibited alone again, but this time outside Spain, in Frankfurt, when she was invited by the gallery owner Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, who had already exhibited the realists and thanks to the interest that the work and criticism had aroused among the German public and critics. of the so-called Realistas de Madrid. 70s Her work becomes international María Moreno en los lugares que le inspiraron Her work was exhibited and sold during the seventies in several European countries, mainly in Germany, but also in France, the United Kingdom and Finland; as well as in the United States. Participate in numerous group exhibitions in Spain since the 80s 1980 Late 70s Her work is filled with light Since the early eighties, her work has been shown in several collective exhibitions, several of which dealt with realist art and some of the art made by women, such as Women in Spanish Art (1900-1984), organized at the Center Cultural Count Duke of Madrid. From the late seventies her palette begins to clear and open to the light, gaining great prominence in her works. Executive producer of The Quince Tree Sun 1990-92 1990 She presents her work in an individual exhibition at the Claude Bernard Gallery The 90s represent her consolidation as an artist, thanks to her taking part in numerous group shows and, especially, for her solo show at the Galerie Claude Bernard in Paris, which is committed to her work and thus expands its international support. María is in charge of the executive production of Víctor Erice's film, El sol del membrillo, which portrays the creative process of Antonio López and in which María Moreno herself appears as one of the main characters. This film will win the prizes of the jury and critic of the Festival of Cannes of 1992, as well as other distinctions of several international festivals like the one of Chicago and the one of Uruguay. 90s Otra realidad, Compañeros en Madrid exhibition, 1992 Among the exhibitions of which she took part, it highlights the travelling show Otra realidad, Compañeros en Madrid, which started in January 1992 at the Caja Madrid Foundation in the capital; since it served to place the group of figurative and abstract artists who met at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in the fifties and who were joined by bonds of friendship. This group was composed of Isabel Quintanilla, Julio and Francisco López Hernández, Esperanza Parada, Enrique Gran, Lucio Muñoz, Joaquín Ramo, Antonio López and María Moreno. During that decade she participated in important exhibitions both nationally and internationally that will give greater visibility to the realistic figurative art she practiced together with other friends: Otra Realidad, Compañeros en Madrid, Fundación Caja Madrid (1992); Contemporary Spanish Artists, Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo (1992); From the Reality / Dalla Realtà - Quatro Artisti Spagnoli Contemporanei. Antonio López, Isabel Quintanilla, María Moreno, Francisco López, Accademia Spagnola di Storia, Archeologia e Belle Arti, Rome (1996); Contemporary Spanish Realists, Marlborough Fine Art, London (1996); Autour de la réalité: réalismes espagnols, Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris (1996). 2000s She continues to participate in collective exhibitions, having special relevance those that take place from 2005 and that highlight her work together with that of her realistic companions, such as Pinceladas de Realidad. Amalia Avia, María Moreno, Isabel Quintanilla (2005), Museum of Fine Arts of La Coruña. As well as others that delved into the group of realists in all its extension as Realidad, arte spagnola della realtà , Galleria Civica di Palazzo Loffredo, Potenza (2006-2007). She teaches workshops She takes up teaching and teaches some courses, such as the "Francisco de Goya Chair" at the Los Serrano Palace in Ávila. 2016 Realistas de Madrid was inaugurated in 2016, a show organized by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid that has revived the interest in the work of the group of friends and colleagues who since the fifties of the last century have dedicated themselves to figurative art: Esperanza Parada , Amalia Avia, Julio and Francisco López, Isabel Quintanilla, María Moreno and Antonio López. Bio BIO María Moreno, Madrid-1933 ​ From a young age, she felt a strong sense of vocation for the arts and a passion for literature, which provided her with a rich inner world. ​ She trained at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, which she entered in 1954 to study Fine Arts, specializing in painting. This period marked her for life, not only professionally but also personally. There she met her friends and fellow artists Antonio López García, Isabel Quintanilla, Amalia Avia, Julio and Francisco Hernandez López and Lucio Muñoz (who soon shifted from figuration to abstraction, although he never abandoned the bond with the group). The work of these artists has been labelled with different names: Madrilenian realism, Madrilenian figuration, hyperrealism, or School of Madrid, among others. ​ Precisely one of her colleagues, Antonio López, became his life and creative partner. Although both have been interested in the same motifs, which they have approached from their fondness for reality, each of them has developed their work individually, thus acquiring their own style and vision. ​ Since the seventies of the last century, the work of María Moreno began to be exhibited and became part of several international collections. The exhibitions held since in Germany and the UK dedicated to the group of artists who devoted themselves to the New Figuration in Madrid at the time had a great impact. ​ Her solo exhibitions have been less numerous, but have had a major impact on the knowledge of her work by national and international collectors. In 1973 she exhibited at the gallery of Ernst Wuthenow in Frankfurt, who also organized several relevant shows dedicated to the Spanish realism practiced by María and some of her colleagues. In 1990, the Parisian gallery owner Claude Bernard convinced the painter to exhibit in his gallery despite her reservations; this exhibition garnered rave reviews from audiences and critics. ​ In recent years, her work has been part of several group shows, being especially significant the one held in 1991 at the Royal Academy of Madrid, Otra realidad. Compañeros en Madrid (Another Reality. Partners in Madrid), as well as the recent Realistas de Madrid (Realists of Madrid) held at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (February-May 2016). The first was key in the understanding of the Madrilenian figuration that emerged in the fifties within the context of the art that was done by other contemporaries and colleagues; while the latter has offered the opportunity to put the work of these artists into perspective after having developed lengthy careers. ​ The subjects of her works, which are always intimately linked to her, encompass landscapes, in which Madrid has a prominent place, but also of La Mancha; portraits of people from her environment from her first years; interiors, which have been present since the beginning of her career; a few still lifes; gardens and many flowers, for which she developed a special predilection from the nineties. In addition to numerous private collections, her work is held by the following public collections: Fundació Sorigué, Lérida; Artium, Vitoria; Museum of Contemporary Art of Toledo; Iberdrola Collection, Bilbao; Kupferstichkabinett, Kunsthalle, Hamburg. ​ ​ ​ Beatriz Hidalgo Caldas Contact CONTACT Email: estudioantoniolopez@gmail.com . NOTICE: This is not a personal email from Mrs. María Moreno, but from the study team, only for technical and work issues.

Links to articles about the work of María ​ AGUIRRE, Begoña. “10 artistas contemporáneos exponen su concepto de ‘realismo’ en la Casa del Monte.” El País , 10 January 1992. ARMADA, Alfonso. “La última pincelada. Nueve pintores ante el momento de terminar un cuadro.” El País , 30 December 1986. BONET, J. M., “María Moreno, se apaga la pintora de la luz y faro de Antonio López”, ABC, 18 February 2020. ​ CAMPOY, A. M. “Arte y artistas. Crítica de exposiciones. María Moreno.” ABC , 3 May 1966: 16. CATALÁN DEUS, José “Estimados realistas de Madrid.” Periodistadigital.com, 8 February 2016. CELDRÁN, Helena. “El Museo Thyssen homenajea a Antonio López y a su círculo en 'Realistas en Madrid'.” 20 minutos , 7 February 2016. FERNÁNDEZ-BRASO, M. “El realismo evocador de María Moreno.” ABC, 13 July 1974: 53-54. FERNÁNDEZ RUBIO, Andrés. “Antonio López y sus compañeros llevan a Roma el ‘realismo madrileño’.” El País , 1 May 1996. GARCÍA, Ángeles. “El realismo madrileño se consagra en el Thyssen.” El País , 4 February 2016: 26. GRANDA, Fernando. “La luz invisible de Antonio López.” La Nueva España , 22 September 2015. J.R. “Figuras y figuraciones.” El ABC de las Artes , 9 May 1985: 105. LUZÁN, Julia. “Mujeres realistas." El País, 3 July 2005. MORENO, María. “La luz de Antonio.” RTVE Website , 8 June 2015. PAJARES, Gema. “No imaginaba que Mari tuviera ese don para pintar.” La Razón , 6 September 2015. PARREÑO, José María. “Retrato al natural de los últimos realistas.” El Cultural , Supplement to El Mundo , 29 enero 2016: 22-25. PULIDO, Natividad. “Artistas, amigos, familiares y residentes.” ABC, 4 February 2016: 52-53. “Realistas de Madrid, invierno en el Thyssen.” Hoyesarte.com , 26 October 2015. RONDÓN, José María. “María Moreno, a la sombra del genio Antonio López.” El Mundo , 19 October 2011. ​ RTVE, "Muere la pintora María Moreno a los 87 años", 17 February 2020. TEJEDOR, Concha. “Un documental recupera a la pintora María Moreno, la “luz” de Antonio López." EFE , 4 September 2015. TRENAS, Mila. “Genialidad, amistad y amor al arte unen a los "Realistas de Madrid." La Vanguardia , 3 February 2016. VALCÁRCEL, Marina “El realismo o el eterno presente.” ABC Cultural, no. 1226, 19 March 2016: 22-23. ​ ​ This is just a selection of a few articles devoted to María Moreno and her work.

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