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SPANISH ARTISTS IN PARIS " From the exotic cytica of García Tella " From 4 October 2025 to 18 January 2026 (Museo de Arte Comtemporáneo Vicente Aguilera Cerni de Villafamés - Spain) - Curator : Inmaculada Real López
Group exhibitionPainter of the School of Paris
José García Tella
Madrid 1906 — Paris 1983
A Republican exile and self-taught artist, he painted his first canvas at 42. Supported by Henri-Pierre Roché and shown at the Jeanne Bucher gallery from 1951, his work is now in the collection of the Museo Reina Sofía.
2152works on show
165oil paintings bought by Henri-Pierre Roché
1951first exhibition, Jeanne Bucher gallery
4museums hold his paintings
The works
Four techniques, one voice
Like Don Quixote, Tella sees his visions more clearly than reality. His houses stretch upwards like the nudes of El Greco, and he is as cruel as Goya.Henri-Pierre Roché — La Parisienne, February 1955
Themes
Tella's worlds
News
Exhibitions
TELLA - Exhibition - Dourdan Tourist Office (Dourdan from 8 to 14 september 2025)
Solo exhibition
The book
TELLA, a witness with a keen eye
148 pages on glossy paper, 143 reproductions including 124 in colour. 2013 edition, 25 × 18 cm, by Charles Tella, godson and nephew of the painter.