Pablo Runyan Kelting (1925 – February 14, 2002) was a

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nian

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painter who lived and worked in

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from 1951 until his death in 2002.

Biography

Runyan was son of a famous doctor and a mother specialized in the cultivation of bonsais, an art he continued in Spain creating an important collection. Born and raised in Panama, he moved 1943 to New York, where he met writer

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, who became his protector. She helped him to get into the famous Art Academy Max Ernst. Runyan was a friend of Andre Breton,

Peggy Guggenheim Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim ( ; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with ...

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. He lived in Paris and London, and moved to Madrid 1951, where he resumed painting. He also worked in

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and

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with personalities such as Luís Buñuel or

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. With Saura he acted in ''

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''. 1963 playing an English painter who portrayed , played by

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. Due to his many connections, Runyan's house became a meeting place for personalities of cinema and the arts in general, where actors like

visited him frequently. Since 1970, he devoted himself exclusively to painting, exhibiting his works in Galleries like the Gallery Clan or Juana Mordo, and participating along with artists such as Juan Prat at the Gallery Vandres by

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, 1972, with

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at the ARCO Art fair 1984, or

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and

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at the

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, 1998.

Exhibitions (Solo shows)

* Instituto Nacional, Panamá, 1949 y 1950 * Gallery Clan (Tomas Seral), Madrid, España, 1953 * Gallery Provenza, Tánger, 1954 * Gallery Fernando Fe, Madrid, España, 1956 * Gallery Vandrés, Madrid, España, 1972 * GalleryArvil, México D.F.1974 * Gallery Etienne de Causans, París, Francia, 1981 * Gallery Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid, España, 1982 * Gallery Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos, 1984 * Gallery Walcheturn de Zurich, ARCO, Madrid, España, 1985 * Gallery Sala C.A.I. Luzan, Zaragoza, 1990

Sources

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