Room Philip West. First floor.
The “Legacy of Maside” exhibit was acquired by the Consorcio de Santiago de Compostela with the help of the Diputación of A Coruña, the Council of Santiago being the recipient on the condition that the conservation and exhibition of this notable work forms a part of the cultural heritage of Santiago de Compostela and, by and large, Galicia as well.
The work of Carlos Maside (Pontecesures, 1897 – Santiago de Compostela, 1958) forms a part of the historic Galician vanguard (a fundamental collection linked to the a esthetic renewal of Spain during the start of the 20th century) that is accredited on one part to compromise and artistic exploration and on another part the singular point of view of a painter committed to the Galician Social reality.
A roaming life formed a part of the intellectual Compostela at this time.
“We remember him through the streets of his city, so what does it matter that born in Cesures? His city was Compostela, as it is in the framework of his soul, of all Galician intellectuals” (Luis Seoane).
Mercedes Rozas
Carlos Maside is one of many that Eugenio Granell remembered and admired in his book ‘Memories of Compostela’. “A view trimmed by stars, islands, trees and torches” recounts Granell. Further, in these memories, Granell describes how his brother, Mario, a disciple of Camilo Díaz Valiño, was so driven and encouraged by “Carlos Maside, who was the most colourful painter in his art among those that had worked in Santiago” following an exhibition by Maside in Rúa del Villar in 1928. The exhibition of this great artist, though not surrealist in nature, is one of the many activities that the Eugenio Granell Foundation has been carrying out for years, such as the ‘Reading Marathons’ of early 20th century artists that Granell knew and admired, such as Antón Aviles de Taramancos, Manuel Antonio, Antón Fraguas and, this year in 2020, Carballo Calero. To Granell, this age of the Republic that touched was akin to the Golden age of Galicia.
Natalia Fernández Segarra
