Jorge Aguilar-Agon
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Jorge Aguilar-Agon BAgr, AEA, AAPB, FRSA | |
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| Born | July 27, 1936 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | September 27, 2020 (aged 94) |
| Known for | Founder member of the European Academy of Arts |
| Style | Impressionist with surrealist influences |
| Movement | Romanticism |
| Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 Fine Art Trade Guild |
| Website | jorgeaguilar-agon |
Jorge Aguilar-Agon (27 July 1936 – 25 September 2020) was a Spanish contemporary romantic impressionist painter. He was born in Barcelona in 1936 and worked from studios in France, Spain and England.
Jorge Aguilar-Agon was born in Barcelona in 1936, at the start of the Spanish Civil War.[1][2] After attaining a university degree in agriculture,[1] he left Spain for Germany and mixed with the bohemian circles of the Schwabinger Kunstkreis in Munich. He later moved on to France where he lived for a time in Montmartre and St Germain des Pres in Paris.[2]
His first exhibition was held at the Medici Society in London.[2] He has since had 10 world tours and over 182 individual exhibitions.[3] His paintings are now represented in private collections and museums all over the world and citations appear in several notable reference journals.[2]
He worked from studios in France, Spain and England.[2]
He spoke seven languages fluently and was a regular contributor to radio and television art programmes.[2]
Style
Aguilar-Agon's style was romantic impressionist. He described being influenced initially by the Catalan Impressionist and European Surrealist movements, and subsequently by Parisian and German bohemian societies.[2]
He specialised in landscapes, seascapes and still life.[4]