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Evaristo Valle museum

A school visit

IES La Corredoria

13thFebruary 2014


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A school visit to the Evaristo Valle museum

The visit starts with a general outline of Evaristo Valles life and work

by Toms, Mariana and Hugo (4A). After that, every group of

students presented the painting they had previously worked on inthe classroom to the rest of their classmates.

En la calleja

This painting is called En la calleja.

It was painted by Evaristo Valle in

1922. He used oil on canvas. The

size of this painting is 87x62cm. It

shows a beautiful lanscape. Its

typical of the romanticism style. We

can see a natural scene with trees,

cows, a beautiful landscape, two

people flirting and the green field.

This painting was made with oil on

canvas. It has curved lines, and the

main colours are warm, but we can

also see cold colours. The atmosphere is dull. It represents a

romantic theme, we can see the people, the cattle, the dark

evening Its a quiet and serene scene. I have chosen the painting

because it reminds me of my village. The clothes the boy is wearing

look like my neighbours clothes in the village.

Marta and Noem 4A


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Pelea de gallos

The title of the painting is Pelea de gallos. It is a landscape

with characters, and it shows chickens fighting. It dates from 1929,

the style is impressionist. The painting technique that Evaristo Valle

used was oil on canvas. The painting measures 89 by 98centimeters. It is placed here in the Evaristo Valle museum in Gijon.

The subject is a social critique because it shows the bad

traditions of the Puerto Rican people. In the picture we can see the

chickens fighting each other, with two men, two women and a kid

watching. In the background there is a house and palm trees.

The technique is oil on canvas and the lines are curved. The

brushstrokes are fine, and the texture is smooth. The colors are


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warm in the foreground and cold and pale in the background. The

theme of the painting is the natural world. The atmosphere is violent.

We chose this painting because we like the critique that he

made of the chicken fights. In our opinion he painted this becausehe remembered his trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Alicia, Luca y Begoa, 4A

En la fuente

This picture is called En la fuente(In the fountain) It dates from the

twentieth century (1945). Evaristo Valle had his own original style.Its a landscape with natural scenery, and the artist used oil on

canvas.

In the foreground we can

see two women sitting next

to a fountain, probably

theyre talking about old

legends from their village. Inthe middle ground there are

some fields and trees. And in

the background there are

some hills and the blue sky.

It seems like it is morning

time and it is autumn

because trees are turning

red.

We think that the theme is

the natural world and it represents the relationship among the

people in the village

Clara, Nuria y Carla 4B


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Charla de pescadores

This painting called Charla de pescadores, was painted by Evaristo

Valle in the 20thcentury, so it belongs to Modern Art. Its a

seascape. This work was painted with oil on canvas. Its measuresare 37x51cm.

This painting deals about a natural scenery, in special it makes

reference to the blue sea. In the foreground you can see four

fishermen, in the middle ground on the right side there are some

houses and on the left side you see other people. Finally, in the

background, the big blue sea.

This painting uses the technique of perspective to give the housesand the great blue ocean a sense of distance. It also uses the

sfumatotechnique to blend colors and shapes. We can see straight

and curving lines. Linear shapes are predominant. Brushtrokes may

be fine. In the front the colours are bright, but at the back the colours

are dark.

Eva, Sandra and Macos, 4A


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Carnavalada grotesca

The title of the painting is Carnavalada grotesca(Grostesque

carnival). It was painted in 1949. The technique of the painting is oil

on canvas. It is located in this museum.

The subject is a natural scenery. We think the painting is a portrait of

people celebrating carnival.

In the foreground

you can see a

man who is the

main character of

the painting. In themiddle ground you

can see two

people, these

people are the

secondary

characters. The

characters are

dancing, singing,and probably

drunk. In the

background you

can see the blue

sky with some

clouds.

The lines are

curving and the shapes are spherical. The brushstrokes are blended

and the texture is smooth. The colours are cold for the background

and warm for the people.

We chose this painting because it is funny painting and it reminds us

of a classic carnival.

Asdrbal, Sergio and Elena 4B


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Emigrantes

This landscape was painted by Evaristo Valle in 1904, using oil on

canvas, and it measures 59 by 80cm.

This natural scenery illustrates a path in a valley that finishes in the

sea. In the foreground theres a group of emigrants carrying their

luggage. Some of them are trying to push a big black stone. The sea

and a cliff make up the middle ground. In the background the sky is

showing the first light of the day.

Lines are curving, shapes are geometric and brushstrokes are

blended. Texture is smooth and colours (mainly brown and orange)

are warm and dark. Its atmosphere is gloomy.

We think this painting symbolises the emigrants wish for freedom.

The big black rock could symbolise their slavery or bad way of life

before they go away, and the sea illustrates their freedom. The

sunlight that comes from the East (the right in the picture) shows us

the sunrise that could portray hope, because the breaking dawn is a


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symbol of hope and future. They are naked because they havent

got anything yet and they come from a life of slavery.

Tamara, Laura and Diego 4B

Humorada de la corrida

This painting called Humorada

de la Corridawas painted by

Evaristo Valle in 1917. It has an

impressionist and symbolist

style. It's painted with

watercolour and pencil on

paper. The painting measures

25 by 18 cm.

The most important parts in the

painting are in the foreground

which represents a man and a

women sitting at a table, and

the background, that shows abullfighter with a bull.

Evaristo Valle used the

techique of watercolour. He

used curved lines, warm and

bright colours like yellow, orange, red...

It's the bull who fights the bullfighter and not the other way round.

This makes you think that Evaristo Valle was against bullfighting.

Eloy, Laura y Elena, 4 A


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El potrillo en el corral

Its called El potrillo en el corral (The pony in the playgroud). It was

painted by Evaristo Valle in 1917.He used oil on canvas, the

painting measures 54cm by 75cm.

Its a landscape of a natural scene with fields and trees. You can

also see a pony in the playground of a house. Behind the house

there are some trees. It represents the daily village life.

Its a mix of straight and curving lines, the shapes are geometric.

The brushtrokes are fine and the texture is rough and the colours

are a mix of warm and cold colours: red, purple, green and brown.

Colours are bright, brilliant and light.

The theme of the painting is the natural world because it is a village.

It represents the house of a family. It shows a serene and peaceful

atmosphere.

It reminds us of my grandparents house in the village when I went to

have lunch with them at the weekends in spring with nature, the

animals and the trees. We think Evaristo Valle felt very happy when

he painted thischeerful

landscape. It

makes us also

feel good,

because the

landscape is

very nice, and

we like thebrushstrokes

and the

colours.

Sergio, Moiss y Enrique, 4B


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Los jinetes

This painting is a landscape with two horse riders. It dates from

1917, at the beginning of the XX century. The technique he used isoil on canvas. The painting measures 40 by 47 centimetres and it is

housed in Evaristo Valle Museum.

This painting represents a natural scene where we can see two

horse riders, a woman riding a white horse and an older man riding

a brown horse in the foreground. In the middle ground we can see a

landscape. It could be Asturias but it could also be Castilla because

the hot colours illustrate a summer day.

In the background we can see green hills and blue mountains in the

distance. We think the colours of the sky represent morning time or

midday. The colours used are hot and bright.

The painting shows a natural and peaceful atmosphere. This picture

symbolises freedom and peace because when we ride a horse we

experience a wonderful feeling.

Andrea, Gloria and Arancha S. 4B


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Elegantes en Gijn

This painting is called Elegantes en Gijn(1917) It is a painting froma history period that is called Modern Art. The technique thatEvaristo Valle used was oil on canvas. Its housed in Evaristo Valle

Museum.

This picture shows an urban scene in the city of Gijn and it's afamily portrait. There are a lot of houses. It represents a day of afamily in the streets of Gijn. In the top right corner you can see thatit is darker that in the other side and that there are a lot of houses. Inthe middle of the picture there are four people, two women and twomen.

There is a mix of curved and straight lines because in this period the

look at the reality, there are a lot of geometrical shapes. There arefine and blended brushstrokes and we think that the texture is rough.Evaristo Valle uses warm colours for the houses and the sky, but forthe people he uses cold colours to make them look bright.

The theme of the painting is the society of the twentieth century. Itrepresents a social class of this period. It's a peaceful atmosphere,they are walking around the city and it's nice.

Clara, Mara and Pelayo 4A


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Some resources used for this project:

http://evaristovalle.com/

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-

category/british/Words-used-to-describe-works-of-art-and-pictures

Final words:

We would like to thank the great work of all the students who have

participated in this activity (4 A, 4B), their teachers and all the

members of the English department at IES La Corredoria for their

continuous help.

A thankful hug to all the colleagues we have shared some similar

experiences with along our way (Mercedes, Begoa, Beatriz, and all

the rest)

IES La Corredoria, February 2014

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