Manuel Doblas Pinto "Royo" (1957) - Cadaqués (Gerona)

Signed by the author at the bottom "Royo"

The work is presented framed (the frame has a slight fault).

The condition is good.

Dimensions of the artwork: 60 cm high x 73 cm wide

Dimensions of the frame: 62 cm high x 75 cm wide

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BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Manuel Doblas, born in Humilladero (Málaga) in 1957, but trained from a very young age in Catalonia and with a mindset deeply rooted among us, has been a painter for many years. He followed the path of group exhibitions from 1981 onward and held his first solo show in 1992, precisely in this same Sala Rusiñol where we find him again today. He has won many awards in various places and has not minded participating regularly – he still does – in rapid-painting competitions all over Spain. This, which for others may seem an obstacle, because after helping him gain ease and discover his own formulas that define his style, often leads to recurrent methods, in his case has represented a highly useful system for him to find himself and to be able to say with clarity what he desires.

Only those who are afraid to explain think that they will soon find themselves. And those who are always thinking – this is the case with Manuel Doblas – never stop feeling the restlessness to move forward. Hence this painter, about whom we are now seeing what he has just done, seeks high spaces by capturing the verticality of skyscrapers and depicts abandoned train stations because he is not interested in waiting, but in seeking exits toward a horizon marked by the iron rails that, once crossings are passed, remain fixed because they serve the inner movement of people.

Manuel Doblas has changed his way of expressing himself, and he has done so for the better. Gifted in plastic expression and with mastery of technique, he does not stop but moves forward.