Saturo López García (1924-2008) - Composición marina

Signed by the artist at the top and dated 1953.

The work is presented unframed.

Work dimensions: 73 cm high x 60 cm wide

The artwork is in good condition, although somewhat dirty from the passage of time.

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Artist's Biography

Saturo Gregorio Fernando López García was born in Las Arenas de Guecho, Vizcaya, on November 15, 1924. From a very young age, he showed great talent for painting and drawing. In 1934, he moved with his family to the city of A Coruña where he spent his entire adolescence. There he began developing artistic studies that he later continued in Barcelona (Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge) and Paris (Académie de la Grande Chaumière). In 1942 he moved to Barcelona where he began his academic training at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge, graduating with the title of Professor of Painting and Drawing in 1947. A few years later, he obtained the Pedagogy degree in the same institution and carried out a study of engraving at the Escuela Industrial. While already settled in Barcelona, he began his career as a professor of graphic expression in the Faculty of Fine Arts and at the Massana School. In this latter institution, he served as a teacher for 30 years.

During the three decades he worked as a professor of graphic expression, he carried out diverse teaching tasks and held several academic positions. From 1947 to 1959, he taught at the Tárrega Academy in Barcelona. He also served as a lecturer in the preparatory courses for admission to the School of Architecture and Fine Arts (Drawing and Painting). During this period, he joined the teaching staff of the Massana School as a founding member. There he was responsible for devising original study plans in visual education, linking the drawing suited for the specialties of ceramics, jewelry and silversmithing, metal engraving, painting, and sculpture.

By the end of the 1960s, he began directing summer drawing and painting courses at the Massana School, later holding the position of Collaboration and Delegate of Drawing until 1977. He also served as a teacher at the San Ignacio de Sarriá School in Barcelona from 1961 to 1989. Due to his outstanding career, the faculty council of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona appointed him Professor of Morphology Practice in 1978.

As far as his artistic work is concerned, he has stood out for an important collection of drawings and paintings, many of which are in the possession of prestigious European museums. He has been an illustrator for various publications in Destino magazine of Barcelona, Alborada, and Rumbos of Puerto Rico, among others. He has also developed several decorative murals for interiors and lobbies of important buildings in the city of Barcelona.

He passed away in Barcelona in 2008, at the age of 83. His significant legacy as an artist has been preserved and publicized by his wife Fina Álvarez Caguana and his daughter Begoña López Álvarez.