Manuel Monedero Animal Paintings

Manuel Monedero was a Spanish painter. His first exhibition dates from 1961 at the Dickson Gallery in Washington. During the decade of the 60s, he exhibited in the USA. UU., From its federal capital, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Houston, Princeton, California, as well as in the Canadian city of Montreal, always in prestigious galleries (Dickson, Lesnick, Delancey, Gorline, etc.). Monedero received influences from Hohenleiter and especially from his friend Baldomero Romero Ressendi. His first Spanish exhibition took place in 1965 in his hometown (Florencia Gallery). Monedero exhibited four times in Madrid, two with Heller and two with Cano, between 1973–79. Thereafter, he took refuge in the Huelva village of Carboneras, where he worked endlessly. It was not until May 1993, when he was honored in Seville with an Anthological Exhibition in the Image Room, which received the applause of criticism and the unusual heat of the public. Monedero had no disciples, but followers. He died in Carboneras (Huelva) on December 6, 2002.