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Rafael Canogar
Rafael Canogar is a Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker known for postwar abstraction and recent acrylic paintings made on polycarbonate.
Rafael Canogar quick facts
Canogar co-founded Spain's El Paso group before moving from gestural abstraction to political figuration, while exploring unusual materials and supports.
| Full name | Rafael García-Cano Gómez |
|---|---|
| Born | May 17, 1935 · Toledo, Spain |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Movements | Spanish Informalism and El Paso |
| Paint types | Oil paint |
| Other media | — |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | Polycarbonate |
| Painting methods | Applying paint directly, scratching and furrowing it by hand, then filling the grooves with liquid paint |
| Common subjects | Abstract gestures, fragmented figures, crowds, protest, and social conflict |
| Notable works | Serie Silencio 79 · Serie Diálogo 06 |
Sources: Rafael Canogar official biography, Rafael Canogar: Serie Silencio 79, and Rafael Canogar: Serie Diálogo 06.
Paint types used by Rafael Canogar
Artium Museoa documents Canogar's early Informalist painting Pintura n.º 57 as oil on canvas, tying the medium to his gestural work of 1960.
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Oil paint
Artium Museoa records Pintura n.º 57 (1960) as oil paint on canvas and identifies it as part of Canogar's work with the El Paso group. The museum entry supports oil here; it does not generalize the binder to his later periods.
Sources: Artium Museoa: Pintura n.º 57, Rafael Canogar catalogue: Pintura nº 57.; Rafael Canogar: official biography
Painting surfaces used by Rafael Canogar
Documented works by Rafael Canogar use Polycarbonate, with examples clarifying when a material is painted ground, backing, or part of a constructed work.
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Polycarbonate
Canogar’s works in the Serie Silencio and Serie Diálogo use polycarbonate, a rigid synthetic sheet support. The transparent or translucent surface becomes part of the work’s material construction, distinct from the canvas used for his earlier oil paintings in the El Paso period.
Sources: Rafael Canogar official biography, Rafael Canogar: Serie Silencio 79, Rafael Canogar: Serie Diálogo 06.
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