Ramon Dilley - Artist Info

About Ramon Dilley

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    Ramon Dilley (b.1933)

    February 11, 1932 saw the birth in Madrid of Gomez Ramon y Romero, a descendant of Pizarro and Trujillo, the Spanish conquistadors who took over Peru. When the civil war broke out in 1936, Romero's family fled to France and settled in Royan. This seaside resort was currently in fashion and frequented by Paris' who's who. It was a film location often visited by painters such as Lucas, Diaz and Pablo Picasso. Due to his "Belle Epoque" background, Gomez Ramon y Romero was later baptised as "Dilley" in the sixties by Maurice Rheims. The Académie Française was where he found his vocation and it was to remain the inspirational source of his works.

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