AGUSTÍN SEGURA IGLESIA (Tarifa, 1900- Madrid,... Lot n° 4

AGUSTÍN SEGURA IGLESIA (Tarifa, 1900- Madrid, 1988). "Rural scene". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 53 x 65 cm; 75 x 87 cm (frame). Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Seville, Agustín Segura won several medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions. His favorite genre is portraiture, although he cultivates other genres "and not without fortune" as Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño says, such as landscape or still life. His work can currently be found in collections in London, Brussels, Lisbon, Milan and Paris, among many others. The Municipal Museum of Chiclana de la Frontera has a permanent room with a select collection of paintings by Agustín Segura. Portraits of the mayors of Madrid during the II Republic can be found in the Casa de Cisneros in Madrid. The Valeriano Salas Museum in Béjar has on display a painting that the painter gave to the City Council of Béjar. The Museo del Ejército, the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo de Historia de Madrid have paintings by Agustín Segura in storage.