Ricardo Camino - Retrato

Ricardo Camino Calvo (A Coruña, 1898 – Madrid, 1990) was a distinguished Galician painter and painting teacher, recognized primarily for his landscapes and portraits. His style is notable for his excellent command of drawing and color, distilling reality through loose brushstrokes and patches of color.
Biography and Career
• Training: He began his artistic studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in his hometown. Later, with a scholarship awarded by the Provincial Council and City Council of A Coruña, he moved to Madrid to continue his studies, where the renowned painter José María López Mezquita taught him.
• Work at the Prado: During his stay in the Spanish capital, he worked as an assistant restorer at the Prado Museum.
• Recognition: Throughout his career, he took part in various national and international exhibitions. At the 1934 National Exhibition of Fine Arts, he received a travel grant for his work "La dama de la Mantilla," a canvas that also earned him the second medal that same year at the Regional Exhibition of Ferrol.
Style and Work
Although much of his life and artistic output took place away from his native land—it has even been claimed that his direct connection with Galicia was limited—his painting remained firmly rooted in Galician subject matter, immortalizing numerous rural scenes, seascapes, and landscapes of the north. He is considered a highly skilled painter whose work lies midway between formal reference and landscape abstraction.