Miguel Rodríguez Acosta

Granada, Spain, 1927

Miguel Rodríguez-Acosta Carlström (Granada, 1927), is a painter, sculptor, illustrator and engraver. At the age of five, he already frequented the studio of his uncle, the painter José María Rodríguez-Acosta. In 1940 he attended drawing and painting classes at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades of Granada. The first exhibition in which he participates, in 1941, is the collective Novel Artists that takes place in the Casa de los Tiros de Granada. In 1950 he moved to Madrid, where he continued his training at the Superior School of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Here he gets the title of professor. His first solo exhibition takes place in 1957 in Granada, in the same place where he made his first collective. Until 1961 he develops his pedagogical activity in the Chair of Color and Composition of the Superior School of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Between 1976 and 1979 he studied engraving techniques at the Maeght Foundation of Saint Paul de Vence. His work evolves from a post-cubism of classicist air to abstract impressionism with a lyrical root. In 1986 he was appointed corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and in 1991, a full member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. In addition to his plastic work highlights his work of cultural patronage from the Foundation Rodríguez-Acosta de Granada, whose board has been president since 1953. In 2002 the Conde-Duque Cultural Center of Madrid has dedicated the retrospective exhibition Steps in the garden. He currently works and resides in Granada.

Selection of Individual Exhibitions.

1959

Rodriguez-Acosta. House of Shots Museum, Granada.

1980

Recent prints and Sonnets of Dark Love. Celini Hall, Madrid.

Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Delegation of Granada from the Official College of Architects of Eastern Andalusia, Granada.

1982

Stand of the Tórculo Gallery, Arco 82, Madrid.

Segno Graphic Gallery. Centro Internazionale della Grafica, Venice.

Engravings and Collages. School of Applied Arts and Crafts, Granada.

1986

Rodriguez-Acosta. Paintings 1985-1986. Theo Gallery, Madrid.

M. Rodríguez-Acosta. Museum of Fine Arts, Malaga.

1989

Palindromes. Tórculo Gallery, Madrid.

1990

Rodriguez-Acosta. Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris.

Graphic work. Archeles Gallery, Ciudad Real.

1991

Paintings, 1981-1990. Palace of the Counts of Gabia. Provincial Council of Granada, Granada.

Work on paper. Celini Hall, Madrid.

1992

Palindromes. Il Traghetto Art Gallery, Venice.

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Miguel Rodríguez-Acost.a The Alhambra. A new look Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris.

1998

Garden of Silence Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Rayuela Gallery, Madrid.

Splendor of the South. Graphic work. Spanish Museum of Contemporary Engraving, Marbella.

2001

Venice notebook. Rayuela Gallery, Madrid.

Miguel Rodríguez-Acosta Carlström. Vind Fran Syd. Elegi till Strindberg / South Wind. He chose Strindberg. Färg Och Form Gallery, Stockholm.

2002

Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Steps in the Garden. Cultural Center of Count Duque, Madrid.

2003

Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Harrach Palace, Vienna. State Society for External Cultural Action (SEACEX).

2004

Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Spanish Academy of Fine Arts. Rome. State Society for External Cultural Action (SEACEX).

2005. Of shivering rose. Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Rayuela Gallery. Madrid.

2006. Ibn Zamrak, the poet of the Alhambra. Crypt Palace of Carlos V of the Alhambra. Grenada

2007. From yesterday and today. Miguel Rodriguez-Acosta. Ruiz Linares Gallery. Pomegranate.

Group Exhibitions

1941

Novel Artists House of Shots, Granada.

1946

I Regional Art Contest (Painting). Artistic, Literary and Scientific Center of Granada, Granada.

1949

Fifty Years of Granada Art. Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid.

1950

National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Madrid.

1952

National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Madrid.

1956

Competition-Exhibition of sketches for the decoration of the ceiling of the Teatro Real, Madrid.

1957

National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Madrid.

1960

National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Barcelona.

1962

Mar. Collective Exhibition of Sketches of Murals. Economic Society, Malaga.

1976

10 recorders Delegation of Granada from the Official College of Architects of Eastern Andalusia, Granada.

1977

Days of Granada. UNESCO Palace, Paris.

Collective Exhibition of Graphic Work. Unicorn Gallery, Copenhagen.

1978

XXII. Hall of Engraving and Stamping. Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid.

1979

The Engraving in Granada. Grupo 15 Gallery, Madrid.

1980

Second Ibero-American Biennial of Art, Mexico.

World Print Council, San Francisco.

1982

Arteder 82. Stand of the Tórculo Gallery, Bilbao.

Tribute to Vázquez Díaz. Santa Catalina del Ateneo Room, Madrid.

Tribute to Juan Ramón Jiménez. Tórculo Gallery, Madrid.

1983

VII Biennial of Painting, Marbella.

1984

VII Biennial of Painting City of Zamora, Zamora.

City of Granada Painting Prize. Manuel de Falla Center, Granada.

Second Prize of Painting of the Excma. Provincial Council of Seville, Seville.

XI Biennial of Ibiza / Ibiza-Grafic ’84, Ibiza.

European Triennale dell’Incisione. Centro Internazionale della Grafica, Venice.

1985

20 Grenadian painters. General Savings Bank of Granada, Madrid.

City of Granada Painting Prize. Manuel de Falla Center of the City of Granada, Granada.

Tribute to Hipólito Hidalgo de Caviedes. Alfama Gallery, Madrid.

1986

International Engraving Exhibition. Centro Internazionale della Grafica, Venice.

Kite exhibition dedicated to Alberto Corazón. Palace of the Counts of Gabia. Provincial Council of Granada, Granada.

1987

National Painting and Sculpture Contest 1987. Savings Bank of San Fernando, Seville.

Lineart’87. Satnd of the Laguada Gallery, Ghent.

VI Hispano-American Prize for Painting and Sculpture Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Huelva.

The look of Eros. Palace of the Madraza, Granada.

1988

The Contemporary Print of Spain. National Calcography of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Juan Gris Room of the Cultural Center of Count Duque, Madrid.

New Visions of the Alhambra, 1963-1987. General Savings Bank of Granada, Granada / Madrid.

Andalusian painters. Exhibition Hall of Spanish Tabacalera. Madrid.

Andalusia 10 years: painting and sculpture. Museum of Contemporary Art of Seville and Royal Hospital of Granada. Seville / Granada.

Small format Theo Gallery, Madrid.

1989

Arc’89. Stand Theo Gallery, Madrid.

Tapestries of Contemporary Painters. Museum of Contemporary Art, Seville and Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation, Granada.

South art. Theo studio, Madrid.

Painters and Sculptors of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Alfama Gallery, Madrid.

Contemporary Spanish art. Alfama Gallery, Lisbon.

1991

10 Andalusian Painters. Central Hall of the Savings Bank of Córdoba and Palacio de Viana, Córdoba.