Gregorio Prieto
Illustration — The artist in 1928 Gregorio Prieto Muñoz (2 May 1897 – 14 November 1992) was a Spanish painter associated with the Generation of '27.
Also recorded as Gregorio Prieto Munoz · Gregorio Prieto Muñoz
Gregorio Prieto

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- Born
- Gregorio Prieto was born on 2 May 1897. · Valdepeñas.
- Died
- Gregorio Prieto died on 14 November 1992. · Valdepeñas.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- painter · writer · poet · photographer
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Real Academia de España en Roma
- Honours
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — The artist in 1928 Gregorio Prieto Muñoz (2 May 1897 – 14 November 1992) was a Spanish painter associated with the Generation of '27.
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Life
Gregorio Prieto studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Real Academia de España en Roma. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Gregorio Prieto is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and UCL Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
He was born in Valdepeñas (where he later also died), the eighth son of Ildefonso Prieto (a cabinet-maker who seems to have studied architecture) and Froilana Muñoz (owner of a large shop in the town). When he was two, his mother died and his father remarried to Tadea Solance, who Gregorio always loved like a birth-mother. When he was four, he started drawing and then painting in watercolour, then when he was seven, the family moved to Madrid, where his father opened a cabinet shop.
Art
Art
• Paintings and Drawings. With an Introduction by Luis Cernuda. London: The Falcon Press, 1947: 11 pages of introduction and 47 prints, with one of the prints in color..
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that gregorio Prieto is recorded with the occupation painter. Institutional cataloguing adds that gregorio Prieto is recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as a citizen of Spain. It is also recorded that gregorio Prieto is recorded with the gender male. Born on 5 February 1897. It is also recorded that gregorio Prieto died on 14 November 1992.
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Gregorio Prieto was born at Valdepeñas.
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Gregorio Prieto died at Valdepeñas.
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Valdepeñas.
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The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows. Recorded as having received Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
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- “Gregorio Prieto”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Bibliography (in Spanish)
• Enciclopedia biográfica española. Barcelona: J. M. Massó, 1955. * * * * * * * *
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- 1.TVE. Interview with Gregorio Prieto. A fondo. 1976.
- 2.Tesis UCM. Fuentes grecolatinas en la iconografía homoerótica de la obra de Gregorio Prieto.
- 3.El español y los ángeles.
- 4.Entrada en la Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (GEA)
- 5.Ver: Obituario en el diario El País
- 6.Página web de la Fundación Gregorio Prieto
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