Ramón Castellano de Torres
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Ramón Castellano de Torres (born August 31, 1947, Ceuta
, Spain
) is a Spanish artist. The critics of art are in the habit of cataloguing him as a fundamentally expressionist painter, but his long artistic career and for his wide variety of styles and cultivated technologies makes it extremely risky to do it so categorically.
The son of an excellent draftsman and of an outstanding painter, Castellano decided to devoting himself to the plastic arts at a very early age. Since 1976 he has resided in Morón de la Frontera
(Seville
).
Ramon Castellano's painting is sustained on two fundamental props: the composition and the color.
His painting includes varies from the purest and academic realism, with his marine and urban landscapes, up to the hardest abstract expressionism
, with his famous juxtapositions of color, and the elegant and studied composition that he develops in all his works.
His catalogued work, numbering in the thousand, is very distributed by the Spanish geography and by the rest of the world, specially in Japan
, Germany
, Argentina
, Cuba
and the United States
. Ramón Castellano has works displayed in such galleries of art as: Artelista, My Gallery, Museum Cross Blacksmith, Artmajeur International Appeases, California, Arshumana, From the Plastic arts (Sculpture) (Argentina), With the Art, Spectrum, Galleon Hispavista, To liberate Yourself, There cures Society International, Artatoo, GVAES Gallery of Spanish Art, Key Patron (Republic Argentina), Blue Ice, Art Vital, Dynamical Art, Art Today, The Friends of the Art, Art Tract, Empires, Art in Ligne, Álvaro Hernández, DevianART (Hollywood, California), Gallery Aberta (Oporto, Portugal
), Civila, Hispanic World, Your Art, Artede, Digital Consciousness Artis Database, Dotecome (Portugal), Foundation Antonio Segovia Lobillo, Contemporary Matetena Arte, Avisen-Avk Art Gallery (Denmark
), Margencero Revista Haystack, Art Enebral, Babele Arte (Italy
), The Saatchi Gallery (Your Gallery) of London, Lakewood's Yessy Gallery (Colorado).
He is a contributor, with articles and illustrations, to cultural and pedagogic Magazines such as "Oil-mill", "From the Border", "Kikiriki", etc. He is the illustrator of diverse children's stories. He has written and published several books on the history, geography and artistic monuments of Morón de la Frontera.
Ceuta
Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta along with the other Spanish...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a Spanish artist. The critics of art are in the habit of cataloguing him as a fundamentally expressionist painter, but his long artistic career and for his wide variety of styles and cultivated technologies makes it extremely risky to do it so categorically.
The son of an excellent draftsman and of an outstanding painter, Castellano decided to devoting himself to the plastic arts at a very early age. Since 1976 he has resided in Morón de la Frontera
Morón de la Frontera
Morón de la Frontera is a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia, 63 km South-East of Seville. It is primarily known as being home to Morón Air Base. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church...
(Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
).
Ramon Castellano's painting is sustained on two fundamental props: the composition and the color.
His painting includes varies from the purest and academic realism, with his marine and urban landscapes, up to the hardest abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
, with his famous juxtapositions of color, and the elegant and studied composition that he develops in all his works.
His catalogued work, numbering in the thousand, is very distributed by the Spanish geography and by the rest of the world, specially in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Ramón Castellano has works displayed in such galleries of art as: Artelista, My Gallery, Museum Cross Blacksmith, Artmajeur International Appeases, California, Arshumana, From the Plastic arts (Sculpture) (Argentina), With the Art, Spectrum, Galleon Hispavista, To liberate Yourself, There cures Society International, Artatoo, GVAES Gallery of Spanish Art, Key Patron (Republic Argentina), Blue Ice, Art Vital, Dynamical Art, Art Today, The Friends of the Art, Art Tract, Empires, Art in Ligne, Álvaro Hernández, DevianART (Hollywood, California), Gallery Aberta (Oporto, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
), Civila, Hispanic World, Your Art, Artede, Digital Consciousness Artis Database, Dotecome (Portugal), Foundation Antonio Segovia Lobillo, Contemporary Matetena Arte, Avisen-Avk Art Gallery (Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
), Margencero Revista Haystack, Art Enebral, Babele Arte (Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), The Saatchi Gallery (Your Gallery) of London, Lakewood's Yessy Gallery (Colorado).
He is a contributor, with articles and illustrations, to cultural and pedagogic Magazines such as "Oil-mill", "From the Border", "Kikiriki", etc. He is the illustrator of diverse children's stories. He has written and published several books on the history, geography and artistic monuments of Morón de la Frontera.