Manuel Doblas Pinto "Royo" (1957) - Reflets méditerranéens

Signed by the author at the bottom "Royo"

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

The condition is good.

Dimensions of the artwork: 60 cm in height x 73 cm in width

Dimensions of the frame: 69 cm in height x 82 cm in width

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BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Manuel Doblas, born in Humilladero (Málaga) in 1957, but educated from a very young age in Catalonia and with a mindset firmly rooted among us, has been a painter for many years. He followed the path of group exhibitions starting in 1981 and held his first individual exhibition in 1992, precisely in this same Sala Rusiñol where we find him again today. He has won numerous prizes in diverse places and he has not minded taking part—he still does—in quick-painting competitions all over the Spanish state. This, which for others might seem an obstacle, because after helping him gain fluency and discover his own formulas that define his style, often leads to choosing recurrent approaches, in his case has represented a highly useful system for finding himself and being able to say with purpose what he desires.

Only those who fear explaining themselves believe they will quickly find themselves. And those who are always thinking—this is the case of Manuel Doblas—never cease to feel the restlessness to move forward. That is why this painter, whose latest work we now see, seeks high spaces by capturing the verticality of skyscrapers and depicts abandoned railway stations because he’s not interested in waiting, but rather in seeking exits toward a horizon marked by the iron rails, which, after crossing intersections, 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 for plastic expression and with mastery of technique, he does not stop, but advances.