Page 28 - Studio International - August 1965

Lucio Munoz The House
Lucio Munoz (b. 1929 in Madrid)

Mysticism and sombre grandeur are very Spanish
characteristics, and they appear again and again in the
work of Lucio Munoz. His pictures, more carved than
painted, have a brooding quality which is so apparent
in the Castillian landscape. But the same brooding
quality and love for darkness transforms itself into a
luminous statement of faith in the apsis of the church of
Aranzazu in the Basque provinces-carved and painted
by Munoz.
Obviously Munoz likes to dig underneath the surface­
be it a canvas, a piece of wood or the soul of a work of
art. He comes up with sometimes surprising, but
always satisfactory and even exciting results. He
undoubtedly has found his language, he has mastered
it, he uses it brilliantly and intelligently. But he is not
satisfied in knowing it well; he wants to find its roots,
its essence. its full meaning. Like most of his contem­
poraries. be they Spanish or not, Munos is acquainted
with the problems and hardships of our time. Like most
artists and intellectuals he would like to contribute
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