Aurelio Arteta Y Errasti - Artist Info

About Aurelio Arteta Y Errasti

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Aurelio Arteta
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    Aurelio Arteta was an artist who was close to the Gamboa family in Bilbao, Spain. He executed many portraits of the family members, including Marino de Gamboa and José Maria de Gamboa, which were exhibited in a retrospective exhibition of his work at the Bonnat Museum in Bayonne in 1984-1985.

    Aurelio Arteta was a Basque artist who studied at the Bilbao School of Arts and Crafts and the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He traveled to Paris and Italy to complete his training and was a founder of the Association of Basque Artists. Arteta's artwork was tinged with melancholy and focused on the Basque landscape and social transformation with industrialization.

    He received important commissions, including the ...

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