Ricardo Anaya (Gomez) Biography
The artist is known by his first and middle name.

Ricardo Anaya Gomez

He was born in Córdoba in 1913 . He was a draftsman, portrait painter and poster maker.

His studies were carried out at the School of Arts and Crafts in Córdoba and at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid. He painted numerous portraits of personalities and individuals with a refined technique.

His specialty as a poster designer began in 1947 , appearing in competitions where he was awarded numerous times for his good gimmicky work, capturing the feeling of the customs of Córdoba both at Easter, the May Fair and pilgrimages of Santo Domingo and the Virgen de Linares. . He also made posters for the famous fair booth "Sobre la Marcha" in the fifties. He also won prizes in Cádiz, Seville, Almería, Toledo, Ávila and other places in the extensive Spanish geography.

This billboard craftsman managed to occupy a place in the Córdoba of the Franco dictatorship thanks to spurious jobs as an informer and policeman by belonging to the Social Political Brigade of the Franco regime, sadly famous for its methods (among which torture stood out) and impunity. For example, in this regard, it is known that Ricardo Anaya was the bait to arrest the -yes- brilliant Cordovan sculptor Enrique Moreno nicknamed "the Phenomenon" (a friend of Rafael Botí, Ortega y Gasset or García Lorca, among others) who asked to accompany him, abusing his friendship for a small procedure that ultimately led him to the wall of the Salud cemetery where he was shot on September 8, 1936...

Ricardo Anaya Gómez (1918-1981)

Interview in 1960's=1970;s:
—Your posters, Mr. Anaya, have proclaimed the main festivals in Spain. What requirements must a good poster meet?
—In the first place that it has a good composition and then that the color is careful so that it is a real cry that attracts the admiration of those who contemplate it. I also consider it essential that it rhyme with the customs of the party that is going to be announced. When I appear in Salamanca, Avila or Murcia I have the habit of setting myself up for the reason that the poster has, it is perfectly adapted to the peculiarity of the party that it announces. Otherwise, there cannot be that necessary harmony since I make a production on a whim, I can get a good poster, but never something that is the call and the accompaniment of what is intended to be praised.

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