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Pintor y escritor español, exiliado. Nace en Murcia en 1910. Hijo del litógrafo catalán Salvador Gaya, obrero culto de ideas anarquistas. Comenzó a pintar desde muy joven. Sus maestros serán los amigos de su padre Pedro Flores y Luís Garay. Con diez años expone en Murcia. Deja de estudiar, aprende el oficio de litógrafo y se dedica a la pintura. En 1927, por mediación de Jorge Guillén, obtiene una beca del Ayuntamiento de Murcia, para estudiar pintura en París. En 1928 expone en París, con éxito, pero le decepciona la pintura de Vanguardia y regresa a España. Entre 1931-1939 vive en Madrid, donde funda la revista "Hora de España" (1937-1938), juntamente con Rafael Dieste y otros, en ella colaboran intelectuales como Antonio Machado o Rafael Alberti.
Participó en la Misiones Pedagógicas, recorriendo pueblos de España. En Almería conoce a su mujer, Fe Sanz, profesora de Literatura y se casan en 1936. Con el estallido de la Guerra Civil, forma parte de la Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas. En Valencia, en 1937, nace su única hija Isabel. En los últimos días de la guerra muere su mujer en los bombardeos de Figueras. Cruza la frontera con su hija, junto con el ejército, y es internado en el campo de concentración de Saint-Cyprien, dónde permanece dieciséis días. Su hija queda a cargo de unos amigos, también artistas, en Portugal.
Se reúne con el grupo de "Hora de España" y se embarca en el barco Sinaia hacia México. Aquí residirá hasta 1952 colaborando con sus escritos en algunas revistas mexicanas como Taller, El Hijo Pródigo, etc. Y también continúa pintando. En 1956 se instaló en Italia y más tarde en Francia. En 1960 vuelve a España, por petición de Panero y Luis Rosales. Conocerá a su segunda mujer, Isabel Verdejo. Alterna su residencia entre España y Francia y realiza varias exposiciones.
En 1985 el Ministerio de Cultura le concede la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. En 1990, en Murcia, se inaugura un Museo dedicado a su obra, en él se recogen más de 500 obras donadas a la ciudad por el pintor. En 1997, se le concede el Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas. En 1999, es nombrado Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Murcia. En 2000, expuso en el Museo IVAM de Valencia. En 2002 el Ministerio de Cultura le concede Premio Velázquez de Artes Plásticas, en su primera edición. Muere en Valencia en 2005.
Spanish painter and writer that was exiled. He was born in Murcia in 1910, son of a Catalonian lithographer, Salvador Gaya, who was also a cultured worker with anarchists ideas and a large library in his own house. Ramón started to paint when he was still young. His masters were Pedro Flores and Luis Garay, two friends of his father's.
His first exhibition was at the age of 10. He quit studying, trained as lithographer and worked as painter. In 1927, thanks to Jorge Guillén, he was granted a scholarship from the Murcia city hall to study painting in Paris. He made a successful exhibition in Paris in 1928, but the Avant-Garde painting disappointed him and returned to Spain.
Between 1931 and 1939, he lived in Madrid, where he founded the "Hora de España" magazine (1937-1938) along with Rafael Dieste and others. They had collaborations of several intellectuals like Antonio Machado or Rafael Alberti. He participated in the "Misiones Pedagógicas" travelling around the villages of Spain. He met his wife in Almería, Fe Sanz, who was literature teacher. They married in 1936.
When the Spanish Civil War started, he was member of the "Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas". His only daughter, Isabel, was born in 1937 in Valencia. His wife died in Figueras bombings during the last days of the conflict. Ramón went to France along with the army and his daughter and entered Saint-Cyrien concentration camp, where he stayed 16 days. His daughter was taken care of by some friends, artists as well, in Portugal. He reunited with "Hora de España" group and went to Mexico on board "Sinaia" ship. He settled there until 1952, collaborating with his writings in some Mexican magazines like "Taller", "El hijo pródigo", etc, and painting as well. In 1956, he moved to Italy and then to France, returning to Spain in 1960 at the request of Panero and Luis Rosales. He met his second wife, Isabel Verdejo, and married again. He lived in Spain and France and made several exhibitions. In 1985, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport granted him the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, and a museum focused on his work was founded in Murcia in 1990 with more than 500 paintings donated by him to the city. In 1997, he was granted the National Plastic Arts Award, and was designated an Honorary degree by the University of Murcia in 1999. He made an exhibition in 2000 in the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), and was granted in 2002 the Velazquez Award of Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport on his first edition. He died in Valencia in 2005.
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