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

Signed by the author at the bottom "Royo"

It is presented unframed

The condition is good

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

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BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Manuel Doblas, born in Humilladero (Málaga) in 1957, but raised from a very young age in Catalonia and with a mindset well rooted among us, has been painting for many years. He followed the path of group exhibitions from 1981 and held his first solo show in 1992, precisely in this same Sala Rusiñol where we find him again today. He has won many prizes in various places and has not minded regularly participating – he still does – in rapid-painting contests all over the Spanish state. This, which for others might seem an obstacle, because after helping to gain fluency and to find personal formulas that define the style, often leads to freighting recurring approaches, in his case has represented a highly useful system for coming to terms with himself and being able to say with clarity what he desires.

Only those who fear explaining themselves believe that they will find themselves very soon. And those who are always thinking – this is the case of Manuel Doblas – never stop feeling the restlessness to move forward. That is why this painter, of whom we now see what he has just done, seeks high spaces by capturing the verticality of the skyscrapers and describes abandoned train stations because waiting holds little interest for him; instead, he looks for exits toward a horizon that is marked by the iron rails which, once crossings are passed, remain fixed because they serve the inner movement of people.

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