Cirilo Martínez Novillo

(Madrid, 1921- 2008)

Author's artworks
20th Century Spanish

This Madrid-born painter started his studies at the School of Painting of Madrid under Daniel Vázquez Díaz. His focus on landscape and his constructive sobriety brought him into close contact with the
, to which he contributed alongside García Ochoa, Gregorio del Olmo and Álvaro Delgado, among others. That notwithstanding, his style of painting is more similar to that of the
 Second
 
led by Benjamín Palencia. He devoted himself mostly to the creation of portraits and still lifes. However, little by little his special attention to landscape pushed other genres to one side. In the 1970s the artist travelled several times to Paris, something that helped him to refine his technique and awakened his interest for clarity of expression.