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This
week it’s the turn of a sprightly 85-year-old gentleman and a scholar to
feature as the Artist on Ibiza in our popular fortnightly series. On
Wednesday afternoon of this week, José P Ribas and I drove across the
island to the old town of Ibiza for a meeting with an immortalized
Ibicencan painter, Vicente Ferrer Guasch, who like one of Ferrer
Guasch’s kinsman and a previous candidate for Artists on Ibiza, Antoni
Pomar (Weekly Edition 063 Saturday 11th May 2002), has been
producing exceptional paintings for well over the past fifty years.
We
met with Vicente Ferrer Guasch in his warm studio in the centre of town
and nearby to the bustling old port of Ibiza. Vicente immediately
struck us as a charming man who’s seen one or two things above the norm
during his long lifetime and although Ferrer Guasch is getting on in
years he was full of courage and eager to talk enthusiastically about a
new adventure and a fresh challenge with his exhibition of recent
paintings due to open shortly in New York City. Halfway through our
meeting his wife, Fanny, came into the studio to carefully attend to any
of her husband’s needs.
As
you can well imagine, there are lots and lots of pictures of Ferrer
Guasch’s many paintings to show but we simply don’t have enough room in
this week’s edition for everything. Therefore, today we will show what
is possible and then next week we will give our readers another
opportunity to see more of the magnificent work that this true artist
has achieved to put together over the decades of his colourful life.
Vicente Ferrer Guasch
The
studio of Vicente Ferrer Guasch
Vicente Ferrer Guasch in his studio together with his wife Fanny
Vicente Ferrer Guasch
with José P Ribas
All Pictures © Gary Hardy
(Wednesday 14th August 2002)
Details: If you should require any further information about Vicente
Ferrer Guasch and his work then please don’t hesitate to contact this
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