ANTONIO BUJALANCE (Doña Mencía, Córdoba, 1934). "Neptune and Amphitrite". Oil on panel.

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  ANTONIO BUJALANCE (Doña Mencía, Córdoba, 1934). "Neptune and Amphitrite". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 200 x 110 cm; 220 x 150 cm (frame). Reinterpreted with a contemporary aesthetic language, Bujalance collects in this diptych one of the most characteristic representations of the goddess Amphitrite, next to her husband Neptune. The couple is arranged in the right area of the composition, directing a look of complicity to each other, with a chariot pulled by two horses next to them, and in the background a view of several temples, which seem to remind us of the Acropolis of Athens. It is interesting how the artist plays with the composition making use of geometric elements, combining cubic shapes and waves, which simulate the waves of the sea, thus creating a visual duality that plays with the exterior and the marine interior. It should be noted that despite the contemporaneity of the work, the author maintains a bright palette of light tones that is largely reminiscent of a Mediterranean aesthetic, in tune with the theme represented. Antonio Bujalance is an artist from Cordoba who began his artistic training at an early age. In 1948, when he was only fourteen years old, he was awarded a scholarship by the Diputación de Córdoba to study at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios Mateo Inurria in Córdoba. Later he continued his academic training at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría, in Seville, although after completing his studies he returned to Cordoba. Finally, he completed his studies in 1968, at the Escuela Pintura Mural Contemporánea de San Cugat. Throughout his artistic career Bujalance has combined his career as a painter with his work as a teacher. He is currently represented in important private and public collections among which are: the Diocesan Museum of Cordoba, the City Council of Cordoba, the City Council of Doña Mencia (Cordoba), the Provincial Council of Cordoba, the Royal Academy of Cordoba, the Museum of Contemporary Landscape "Antonio Povedano", Priego de Cordoba, the Cajasur collection, and the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Burgos.
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