Luis Gordillo

Luis Gordillo studied at University of Seville. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Luis Gordillo is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Institut Valencià d'Art Modern. Distinctions recorded are National Award for Plastic Arts, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Velázquez Award for Plastic Arts and Dearest Son of Andalusia.

• Name — Luis Gordillo • Born — 1934 • Occupation — Painter • Years Active — 1960s-present

Luis Gordillo was born in 1934 in Seville, Spain and was the second of eight children. He went to law school, but later decided to focus on art, attending the School of Fine Arts in Seville.

After completing his studies, Gordillo decided to move to Paris in 1958. At the time Spain was a dictatorship under Francisco Franco and art and media were heavily censored. Moving to Paris furthered his art studies in a country where he was free to do so. During the 1960s he experienced an artist crisis, only drawing basic shapes and forms. In 1970 he experienced a renewal, utilizing bright colors. In the 1980s his painting became less colorful and more abstract. In 2017 he published an art book called Little Memories. From 24 September - 12 December 2004, the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca exhibited Gordillo. Duplex featuring “57 works on the theme of duplicity produced between 1964 and 2003.” The exhibit later traveled to the Museu Fundación Juan March, Palma (20 December 2004 - 26 March 2005).

• Gran bombo duplex (1967) • Choque (1968) • Caballero cubista con lágrimas (1973) • Suicida triple (1974) • Sistema lábil (1975–76) • Serie Luna (1977) • Salta-ojos (conejitos) (1980) • Despectivo en campo verde (1981) • Segunda serie roja (1982)

Luis Gordillo is recorded as having received National Award for Plastic Arts, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts and Velázquez Award for Plastic Arts.