Miguel Ángel Campano

Miguel Ángel Campano was a Spanish painter and one of the most important representatives of abstract art in Spain. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, where he later became a professor.

Campano's artistic career began in the early 1970s, and he soon became part of the "new abstraction" movement in Spain, which rejected the figurative art of the Franco regime and embraced the language of geometric abstraction. He was influenced by artists such as Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and Barnett Newman, but also incorporated elements of Spanish art history, such as Romanesque architecture and the works of El Greco.

Throughout his career, Campano explored the possibilities of color, form, and space, creating paintings that were both geometrically rigorous and emotionally evocative. He worked with a limited palette of colors, such as black, white, red, and ochre, and used various techniques to create texture and depth on the canvas.

Campano's work has been exhibited in many important galleries and museums in Spain, as well as in other countries such as France, Italy, Germany, and the United States. He received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to Spanish art, including the National Fine Arts Award in 1996. Today, his work is held in the collections of major museums such as the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.