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Daniela Martínez Somoza
Daniela Martínez Somoza

Urbano Lugrís was a Galician painter born in 1908 who loved the sea. He painted many beautiful seascapes and murals depicting ships, sea life, and legends. While he never formally studied art, he is considered one of Galicia's greatest painters. Some of his murals can still be seen in places like A Coruña, Vigo, and Malpica. His paintings captured his passion for the sea and Galician culture. Lugrís continued painting until his death in Vigo in 1973.

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Urbano Lugrís Painter of the sea
URBANO LUGRÍS GONZÁLEZ • Urbano Lugrís was born in A Coruña in 1908. • His father was a writer and his mother was a pianist. • He lived in A Coruña, Madrid and Vigo. • He studied business in a Coruña. • He founded the magazine Atlántida and wrote poetry and articles as Ulises Fingal and draw several illustrations. • He loved the sea and he made lots of • beautiful pictures • In 1956 he moved to Vigo.
Sargasso Sea: Prow figurehead and ships on a harbour.
Lough with an angel fish • The darkness of the rock and the lightness of the water. • A tropical angel fish, black and white, a shell, a limpet and some seaweed.
Gellyfish • A light gellyfish swimming across the sea. • A schoolfish of sardines are swimming towards the background. • There’s a dark rock with two limpets and some seaweed.
• Lugrís painted several sea legends. Sea legends • This painting represents a fantastic vision of the sea under a moonlight, a huge fish with a horn, a church and a monk on it. A ship is leaving and a little seahorse is on a rock.
His original still-lifes have shells, coral, seahorses, conches… Even these paintings represent his love for the seaworld.
The old sailor’s room. Are they the same room? Find the differences.
• Where’s it going? A ship in the distance, under the moonlight, in a quiet night. • San Telmo fires: a strange electric effect that occurs on the poles of the ships when it’s stormy weather.
Submerged temple • A dream, a tragedy, a legend… • A sunk ship on the background and an old temple under water. • Seaweed, gellyfish, schoolfish and shells are under these quiet waters.
A mural: MAP OF GALICIA • In this picture you can see the main cities of Galicia represented by symbols, and in the sea there are legend creatures, monsters, ships, islands, the rose of the winds…
You can see his seascapes murals in Malpica, A Coruña and Vigo
Murals and poetry The Sailor’s House of Malpica, 1951 No xardín do fondo mar, durmen os sonos antigos, no berce mol do craro luar. En tempos, os fortes homes de Malpica cazaban a balea por lonxanos mares. Mar dos avós, dos fillos e dos netos, danos decote a mantenza da túa entraña. Norte, Sul, Este, Oeste, cantan na rosa dos ventos, a verde ribeirana do mar.
More murals: two religious triptichs and the rose of the winds
Son meus amores á澱Dz
Tribute to the musicians and poets of the sea. 1973
Blackboard. 1961 • Can you find any school things in this picture? • What animals are there in this seascape? • Can you guess the name of the islands on the background? • Is this landscape real or fantastic?
Island • The sunlight comes through a white cloud, and reflects on the sea. • Two ships are going to the island, and we are watching them sitting on the beach.
His paintings are used as logotypes, covers of books, CDs…
• Urbano Lugrís painted beautiful pictures and fantastic murals. Some of them are still now where he painted them. • Many others were destroyed in the buildings refurbishments. • You can see his murals in A Coruña, Vigo and Malpica. • His pictures are in different Galician museums (Quiñones de león, in Vigo, Museo Provincial in A Coruña, Museo de Bueu) and in particular collections. • He never studied Fine Arts, but he is one of the greatest painters from Galicia. • He died in Vigo 1973.
Internet addresses • http://es.geocities.com/ies_urbano_lugris/lugris/expo/ • http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/urbano_lugris • http://www.culturagalega.org • http://www.fundacioncaixagalicia.org/ • Daniela Martínez Somoza. May, 2008

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Urbano lugrís

  • 1. Urbano Lugrís Painter of the sea
  • 2. URBANO LUGRÍS GONZÁLEZ • Urbano Lugrís was born in A Coruña in 1908. • His father was a writer and his mother was a pianist. • He lived in A Coruña, Madrid and Vigo. • He studied business in a Coruña. • He founded the magazine Atlántida and wrote poetry and articles as Ulises Fingal and draw several illustrations. • He loved the sea and he made lots of • beautiful pictures • In 1956 he moved to Vigo.
  • 3. Sargasso Sea: Prow figurehead and ships on a harbour.
  • 4. Lough with an angel fish • The darkness of the rock and the lightness of the water. • A tropical angel fish, black and white, a shell, a limpet and some seaweed.
  • 5. Gellyfish • A light gellyfish swimming across the sea. • A schoolfish of sardines are swimming towards the background. • There’s a dark rock with two limpets and some seaweed.
  • 6. • Lugrís painted several sea legends. Sea legends • This painting represents a fantastic vision of the sea under a moonlight, a huge fish with a horn, a church and a monk on it. A ship is leaving and a little seahorse is on a rock.
  • 7. His original still-lifes have shells, coral, seahorses, conches… Even these paintings represent his love for the seaworld.
  • 8. The old sailor’s room. Are they the same room? Find the differences.
  • 9. • Where’s it going? A ship in the distance, under the moonlight, in a quiet night. • San Telmo fires: a strange electric effect that occurs on the poles of the ships when it’s stormy weather.
  • 10. Submerged temple • A dream, a tragedy, a legend… • A sunk ship on the background and an old temple under water. • Seaweed, gellyfish, schoolfish and shells are under these quiet waters.
  • 11. A mural: MAP OF GALICIA • In this picture you can see the main cities of Galicia represented by symbols, and in the sea there are legend creatures, monsters, ships, islands, the rose of the winds…
  • 12. You can see his seascapes murals in Malpica, A Coruña and Vigo
  • 13. Murals and poetry The Sailor’s House of Malpica, 1951 No xardín do fondo mar, durmen os sonos antigos, no berce mol do craro luar. En tempos, os fortes homes de Malpica cazaban a balea por lonxanos mares. Mar dos avós, dos fillos e dos netos, danos decote a mantenza da túa entraña. Norte, Sul, Este, Oeste, cantan na rosa dos ventos, a verde ribeirana do mar.
  • 14. More murals: two religious triptichs and the rose of the winds
  • 15. Son meus amores á澱Dz
  • 16. Tribute to the musicians and poets of the sea. 1973
  • 17. Blackboard. 1961 • Can you find any school things in this picture? • What animals are there in this seascape? • Can you guess the name of the islands on the background? • Is this landscape real or fantastic?
  • 18. Island • The sunlight comes through a white cloud, and reflects on the sea. • Two ships are going to the island, and we are watching them sitting on the beach.
  • 19. His paintings are used as logotypes, covers of books, CDs…
  • 20. • Urbano Lugrís painted beautiful pictures and fantastic murals. Some of them are still now where he painted them. • Many others were destroyed in the buildings refurbishments. • You can see his murals in A Coruña, Vigo and Malpica. • His pictures are in different Galician museums (Quiñones de león, in Vigo, Museo Provincial in A Coruña, Museo de Bueu) and in particular collections. • He never studied Fine Arts, but he is one of the greatest painters from Galicia. • He died in Vigo 1973.
  • 21. Internet addresses • http://es.geocities.com/ies_urbano_lugris/lugris/expo/ • http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/urbano_lugris • http://www.culturagalega.org • http://www.fundacioncaixagalicia.org/ • Daniela Martínez Somoza. May, 2008