Spanish Painter to Remember

EL MALQ or MALIK (Born 1926, Died 2007) was one of Spain’s Best Painters of his generation. Also known as ‘lapiz’ (Spanish for ‘pencil’), he admired his contemporary Pablo Picasso and believed his country-mate - born 45 years before him - became recognized because of the neo-expressionism (which stands for ‘ahead of abstract expressionism’ of that time) and academic realism in his Art. El Malq struck out of Art School in Paris, France (because he felt his expression was being suffocated by low academic grades) and developed his own style of Art by studying works by other artists who impressed him most. ‘Lapiz’ died peacefully in his room only one month before his 80th Birthday. His first master-piece (which was relevant to both tourists [sightseers] & industrialists) ‘The Bypass to Prosperity” (1948-9) hangs in the French Tourism Board headquarters. This story is fictitious...