Antonio lopez garcia artist biography

Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1936)

For other people also named Antonio Lopez, see Antonio Lopez (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is García.

Antonio López García (born 6 January 1936) is a Spanish painter and sculptor, known for his realistic style.

ANTONIO LOPEZ

He has been praised by leading art critics, such as Robert Hughes, who considered him "the greatest realist artist alive" in 1986.^[1] His style sometimes is deemed hyperrealistic. His painting was the subject of the film El Sol del Membrillo, by Victor Erice, in 1992.^[2]

Early life

Antonio López was born on 6 January 1936 in Tomelloso, Ciudad Real, a few months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

It first appeared that Antonio would continue in the family tradition as a farmer, but an early facility for drawing caught the attention of his uncle Antonio López Torres, a lo Biografía de Antonio López García (Su vida, historia, bio ... KALU