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If a character in Asturias who all have fond memories, that's Alfonso Iglesias Vivigo Lopez, known here simply as Alfonso, suffice to say his name and everyone knows who is the creator of characters closely linked to the region, Pinon, Telva and Pinin, characters that are reflected at the foot of the statue that leads into this article and is located in Campo San Francisco.
Navia was born in the January 23, 1910 and another 23 died in Oviedo, this time from February 1978. The time between these two dates we can say that was really used as the volume of his creations is great earning them recognition, admiration and affection of all the Asturian and certainly many outsiders.
Making a summary of his life say that at 11 months his family moved to Oviedo and it is here where he studied high school and ended this his idea was to study architecture, but as this race was not conducted in this city Chemical decided to enroll in studies combining his first drawings.
The war that disturbs many lives did that Alfonso was devoted to art and journalism as part of the founding team of the newspaper The New Spain and for twenty years he helped create the first header and a multitude of drawings and jokes made delight readers.
Only in 1600 did this newspaper jokes, many protagonists are those characters created by him, Pinon, lean, lazy and drunken and Telva, plump and simple, two examples of which are these:
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recontras, estimate has put atravesau bluff where I go I ....!
I have to turn around p'al winch ....!
EASTER
-Gustábame more like he was wearing yesterday ... ..
- How, Pinon ..?
- In the trunk!
Following his life say he married and had three children. Due to the illness of his wife moved to live in Madrid where he collaborated in several newspapers and on television was in its infancy, making drawings and animations. From the sixties began his career as a painter of watercolors which he knows more than a thousand and here is a sample:
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life and work is difficult because it was active and restless person, he was part of life Oviedo, was director of the SOF (Ovetense Society of Celebration) and visual operator American Day parade in Asturias, parade today remains an important part the festival of San Mateo.
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His interest led him to claim the recovery of Cudillero, fishing village and the preservation of barns, such as emblematic buildings, which at that time were in danger of disappearing, and so often reflected in his work.
This work is so varied that it is very difficult to summarize in a blog post, but I can few samples so you can get an idea. Since the thirties the poster became part of his work
From the forties was devoted to comedy Asturias, advertising, the radio drama and journalism. But perhaps what made him most famous were those characters that I quoted, Pinon and Telva
and Pinin "that ye Pinon nephew, with his famous" madreñogiro "hero of many adventures to the delight of Asturian children not only read them if the collections anxious with stickers that came in chocolate "La Cibeles" and he even made a movie with actors that debuted in 1980.
But these were not the only characters, from his pen also came Rufina and AMUC
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enjoyed his cartoons and caricatures
And no shortage of Pictures
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Neither ink drawings in colored ink, gouache, pen, pencil, collage, oils ... .... his art is embodied in every way.
is a shame not to put more of his works and that I put not reflect well how wonderful they are, but worth this article as a tribute on the centenary of his birth and put other farewell two jokes that made us laugh many times
COCONUT!
- You can tar content with such guapu fiu esi ...!
- Non have anything with me, paisanu.
- MENTS ... I can tar the Nenu contenu ...!
BA
- Non embarrassed you, Fred. What facéis there ...?
- Naa ... Telva!
- Pinon And you ... ...?
- I Helping esti ...!
NOTE:
thank the family of Alfonso Iglesias allowing me to use the images here without them public and could not have done this article. The photos were taken from the "Anthology of humor and graphic work" that the newspaper The New Spain gives readers each week.