Mountain Landscape, Francisco Núñez Losada, (1889-1973), Spanish school of the 20th century

Mountain Landscape, Francisco Núñez Losada, (1889-1973), Spanish school of the 20th century
Oil on canvas, canvas measurements: 90 x 80, framed measurements: 131 x 121 cm. Born in the Salamancan town of Candelario, the son of parents from San Felices de los Gallegos.1 The family moved on different occasions due to work demands.1 It was in the capital of the province where Francisco enrolled in the School of Drawing and Music of San Eloy with his brothers. In Valencia, he studied at the Royal Academy of San Carlos, while in Madrid, he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he was a disciple of Cecilio Pla, and frequented the Prado Museum. He traveled the Spanish geography in search of landscapes to paint.1 He participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1941, in its thirty-fourth edition, in which he obtained a first medal for his Valle de Liébana. He died in Madrid in 1973,