Equipo Crónica. Painting. Biography and works at Spain is culture.

Styles

In this section you can search all our contents throughout the different stages in the history of art in Spain, to find styles such as Baroque, Gothic, Mudejar and many, many more.

Modernism and Avant-garde movements The turn of the century brought new winds of modernity. The aesthetic sensibility of the time was marked by a different, freer attitude towards art and life.

Topics

In this section you can search among all our contents by topic to find the different resources available in Spain, such as museums, routes, destinations, monuments and many, many more.

Audience

This section provides access to all the contents in a personalised way, according to your own particular interests and socio-demographic profile.

Professionals

Innovation in culture

Autonomous Regions

This section provides access to the contents in each autonomous region by browsing through maps.

Artists and creators / Contemporary art

Equipo Crónica

Add to favourites

One of Equipo Crónica’s works in the exhibition 'Paper chronicles. Equipo Crónica 1965-1981' held at the Valencia Institute of Modern Art. Valencia, 2006 © EFE

Speciality

Painting

Dates

Foundation: 1964

Dissolution: 1981

" A group of artists. They moved away from the abstract art of the times to develop a style of figurative painting very similar to Pop Art."

Facebook

It was started in Valencia in 1964 by Manolo Valdés, Rafael Solbes and Juan Antonio Toledo, although the latter soon left the group. Far from subscribing to the individualism shown by other groups, Valdés and Solbes worked as a team, displaying a critical concern for the social and political situation. Their paintings are based on what they saw around them, and include photos and posters, as well as pictures of famous paintings. In the 1970s, they moved towards Pop Art, using flat inks and images from the media. The group disbanded with the death of Rafael Solbes in 1981. Valdés continued to work alone. In 1998, he received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in recognition of his work.

Awards

Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1998)

Highlighted works