José Aguiar

José Aguiar or José Aguiar García (born 1895 (Santa Clara, Cuba), died 1976 (Madrid)) where he was baptised. He went to school in La Laguna and studied law in Madrid for two years before moving to the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1916, studying under José Pinazo Martínez.

His main residence was Madrid from 1924 onwards although he moved for a period to Florence in 1930 and had a spell as Professor of Drawing at the School of Arts and Crafts in Seville from 1933.

Selected works

Mujeres del sur (Women of the south) - Gold Medal, National Painting Exhibition, Barcelona, 1929 Romaria de San Juan, Cabildo of La Gomera, 1924 Frescoes in the Basilica of Candelaria, Tenerife such as El milagro de los panes y los peces (Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes), 1962 Friso Isleño (Islander Frieze), Casino de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1934 Desnudo en rojo, c. 1940 Composición campo y figuras, c. 1940 Muja Canaria (Canarian woman), 1950s Maternidad O Desnudo (Maternity or Naked), 1946 La pescadora, Collection of the City of London Corporation Lago, c. 1950