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Rafael Squirru
Squirru painted since he was a boy and won a prize when he was only five in a children's art contest of the association "Amigos del Arte". He was then put under the guidance of a private teacher, artist Francisco Pascual Ayllón, who introduced him to landscape painting. Upon his return from Scotland, where he graduated in Law, he studied drawing with Jan Joos.
His first show was in 1948 at the Galería Sintonía, then at Galería Peuser in 1950 and in Galatea in 1955. He illustrated Fernando Demaría's poetry book "Las hélices" in 1953. Upon the publication of his own first book of poetry in 1957, Squirru abandons painting as a professional objective.
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