ELÍAS GARRALDA ALZUGARAY (Lesaka, Navarre, 1926-2012). "Zeanuri,... Lot 48

ELÍAS GARRALDA ALZUGARAY (Lesaka, Navarre, 1926-2012). "Zeanuri, Vizcaya". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and titled on the back. Restored piece Measurements: 80 x 100 cm; 97 x 116 cm (frame). A landscape painter, Elías Garralda began his training at the Pamplona School of Arts and Crafts, and also with the painter Jesús Basiano. As a result of the outbreak of the Civil War he settled in France between 1937 and 1939, specifically in Bayonne, where he was taught by the painter René Barnalin. On his return to Spain Elías Garralda settled in Olot, completing his training at the local art school, then directed by Martí Casadevall. He exhibited for the first time in 1947, in the Sala Armengol, and since then he has developed an intense activity that has led him to show his work on more than a hundred occasions in Barcelona, Girona, Bilbao, Valencia, Vigo, Madrid, Castellón, etc. He is reluctant to take part in artistic competitions and contests, but has been awarded the Silver Medal of the Olot School of Fine Arts. His most recent exhibitions include the one held at the Arizkunenea cultural centre in Elizondo (Navarre) in 2009.