The mayor of this town, Pascual Lorente, stressed the artistic worth of the artists, its leading position in the field of painting Murcia, and said the town of Ceuta was very proud of the tremendous work of both painters had.
He stressed the generosity of Saura Look for donating the council made significant and important paintings throughout his life, delivered in repeated exposures shown in Ceuta, which have proved an anthology of the artist.
Many of his paintings now adorn the plenary hall and other council departments.
Lorente thanked also other grants emblematic pictures of his father to the municipal library, which will form part of the permanent exhibition to be displayed in Ceuta.
The City of Ceuta tribute was paid to the artist Fulgencio Saura Pacheco (Murcia, 1905-1999) in February 2003, like that of Murcia, which in 1996 gave its name from a street in this city, and in 1997 organized a retrospective exhibition of his work at the Palace Arts Center Almudí.
The painter received the 1956 Award Press Association for his work The Promise, and in 1961 won a second prize of the Provincial Model for his picture in the mirror.
In 1972, gets his big prize as recognition of his life as an artist, at 66 years old, on being selected and purchased by the State Fall his canvas, which is now part of the funds of the Museum of Modern Art in Madrid.
In 1991, for its achievements throughout his life, is worthy of Laurel de Murcia, granted by the Press Association.
Fulgencio Saura Mira (Murcia, 1938) is a regular writer as well as painter in newspapers and magazines, which publishes studies of historical and ethnological activity in 1976 earned him membership in the Academia Alfonso X el Sabio de Murcia.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Ceutí