Gustavo Torner

Gustavo Torner (Cuenca, July 13, 1925) is a Spanish painter and sculptor. A self-taught artist, together with Gerardo Rueda and Fernando Zóbel, he formed the so-called "Cuenca school", which was one of the first initiatives to introduce the new currents of modern art in Spain, in the 1960s, being the founding of the Museum of Art. Spanish Abstract of Cuenca - a museum of which he is a co-founder - his main initiative. He is the author of canvases, prints, collages, sculptures and photographs. In 2016 he was awarded the National Graphic Art Prize.