Juan Avalos Y Taborda - Artist Info

About Juan Avalos Y Taborda

  • Biography

    JUAN DE ÁVALOS GARCÍA TABORDA (Mérida, 1911 - Madrid, 2006). Juan de Ávalos was formed in the School of Fine Arts of Badajoz, and in 1931 he obtained the prize Aníbal Álvarez.

    In Mérida he began as a teacher at the Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, being appointed in 1936 deputy director of the Archaeological Museum of Mérida. Academic of number of San Fernando from 1974, Juan was also a honorary member of the Royal Academy of Moscow and, in 1980, academic in the Royal Academy of Extremadura of the Letters and the Arts.

    Taborda participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded the third medal in 1941, second in 1950 and first in 1957. He was decorated with the Legion of Honor, as we...

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