Aimé Maeght and Pablo Palazuelo.
Palazuelo was born in 1915 in Madrid.
In
1932, he studied at the Madrid School of Architecture then, in 1933, at Oxford, at the School of Arts and Crafts.
In 1939, he abandoned architecture to devote himself to painting. In 1945, he had his first exhibition at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and he created his first abstract paintings. In 1948, he obtained a scholarship from the French Institute to study in Paris where he remained until 1968.
In 1949, his collaboration with the Galerie Maeght began. He meets Eduardo Chillida with whom he becomes friends. In 1955 he had his first individual exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris.
In 1969, returning to Spain, he settled in the castle of Montroy. In the following years his exhibitions were more and more frequent in Madrid (ThéoGallery), Barcelona and Paris (Galerie Maeght).
In 1981, Éditions Maeght published a monograph devoted to his work, produced in collaboration with Claude Esteban.
Palazuelo died on October 3, 2007, at the age of 91, at his home in Galapagar, near Madrid, where he worked until his last day.
“I am referring to the imagination which can move from the state of “passive” imagination to the stage of “active” imagination.
Passive imagination is subject to the sense of sensitive, external perception, while active imagination is a faculty of meditation. The first generates fantasies while the second, which is also based on sensitive perspectives, nevertheless continues its journey well beyond and, through the influx of the intellect, becomes an organ of true knowledge.
The imagination and dreams of man reveal the unknown, the language that imagines is the vehicle and the sound material where the material energies of the universe are incarnated. I believe, when I think about it, that all energies are material."
Behind the Mirror accompanying the Pablo PALAZUELO exhibition in 1952 at the Galerie Maeght. Original texts in French by SEUPHOR. Format 38 x 28 cm, 10 pages including 3 original lithographs. Behind the Mirror n°50
Behind the Mirror published in 1963 to accompany the PALAZUELO exhibition at the Galerie Maeght. Original texts by VOLBOUDT. Format 38 x 28 cm, 26 pages including 7 silkscreen illustrations and 6 reproductions. Behind the Mirror n°137
Behind the Mirror accompanying the Pablo PALAZUELO exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in 1970. Original texts in French by HOLZER. Format 38 x 28 cm, 34 pages including 13 original lithograph illustrations and 14 reproductions. Behind the Mirror n°184
Behind the Mirror published in 1978 to accompany the PALAZUELO exhibition at the Galerie Maeght. Original texts by BONNEFOY. Format 38 x 28 cm, 32 pages including 2 original lithograph illustrations, 3 lithograph illustrations and 12 reproductions. Behind the Mirror n°229
