20^th Century Spanish

After studying Architecture and Fine Arts in Madrid, Luca de Tena completed a PhD at the University of Salamanca, where he would later work as a teacher. In 1984 he moved to Tokyo, where he studied Japanese language and culture at The Tokyo School of Japanese Language.

His work successfully combines American Abstract Expressionismand Eastern art through a repetitive, impressionist brushwork and a restrained palette, with a particularly masterful use of ochres, pinks, blues and yellows. In his work, the layers of paint are alternatively superimposed in the form of glazing and painting paste, creating a fictitious volume rich in transparencies. His time spent in Japan instilled in his work an aesthetic that draws from Eastern tradition.

He currently teaches Painting, Painterly Techniques and Art Psychology at the School of Fine Arts and a Master of Eastern Asia Studies at the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Salamanca.