The University of Navarra will hold the IX Painting Workshop Masters of Figuration from March 9 to 13. It will be given by Antonio López, Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts 1985 and Prince of Viana Award for Culture 2012, and Juan José Aquerreta, Prince of Viana Award for Culture 2003. The activity, organized by the Cultural Activities Service, will take place in the new Museum of the academic center.

Those interested in participating must register before January 30, 2015. Antonio López and Juan José Aquerreta will make the selection of the 30 workshop participants, and the list of those admitted will be communicated on February 16.

The students of the workshop will work for five days on the genres of the figurative tradition, such as still life, the human figure with natural models and landscapes, and will have the opportunity to share technical advice and individual and personal explanations with the artists.

History of the workshop

In 2006, the Cultural Activities Service of the University of Navarra promoted the Maestros de la Figuración Painting Workshop, under the direction of Inmaculada Jiménez, a professor at the School of Architecture. The objective was to create a high-level oil painting workshop at the University of Navarra. Since its inception, two great figurative artists have participated in the workshop: Antonio López and Juan José Aquerreta.

According to Inmaculada Jiménez, it is "a quality proposal, unique and attractive in itself, which has also managed to create a tradition and encompass a whole series of parallel activities".