Gervasio Gallardo ┃ Surrealist Work

Spanish artist Gervasio Gallardo is one of the leading figures of contemporary surrealism and 20th-century fantasy illustration. His work is characterized by imaginative compositions, symbolic figures, and dreamlike settings that explore the relationship between reality and fantasy.

Internationally recognized, Gallardo collaborated with major publishers and magazines and achieved great notoriety as a cover illustrator for the prestigious Science Fiction collection of Berkley Publishing, which consolidated his reputation within fantasy and surrealist art.

His paintings and graphic works stand out for their technical precision, symbolic richness, and ability to create visual worlds full of mystery. Discover and add a work by Gervasio Gallardo to your collection.

Gervasio Gallardo ┃ Obra Surrealista

Biography

Gervasio Gallardo was born in 1934 in Barcelona. He worked for several Spanish advertising agencies before moving to Munich in 1959. He spent the next four years at the prestigious Delpiré Publicité agency in Paris before traveling to the United States in 1963.

In 1969 Gervasio Gallardo was commissioned by Ballantine Books to create the cover for their series Ballantine Adult Fantasy . He then went on to become the most prolific of the artists, creating a total of twenty-nine covers, in addition to at least eighteen for books by famous science fiction authors such as Lovecraft, Beagle, Chesterton, Dunsany or Crawford, winning more than twenty awards.

While there are surrealists like Dalí or Ernst , or magic realists like De Chirico or Miró (and, in writing, García Márquez , Rulfo, or Borges), few have blended the dreamlike with the everyday as Gervasio Gallardo has: objects, landscapes, animals, and fruits depicted in their most minute details, bordering on hyperrealism. Gallardo's subtle painting adds a burlesque, satirical, reflective, and often socially critical element that seems to gently guide the viewer inward, inviting them to find their own meaning in a world of inexhaustible ideas: the one that surrounds us.

AWARDS
1965. Certificate of Merit, The Art Directors Club of New York
1968. Award for best children's book. Germany
Award for Excellence. Society of Illustrators, New York
1969. Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1970. Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1971. Award of Excellence. Art Director Club of Tucson
Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1972. Award of Excellence. The society of Publications Designers, New York
Certificate of Merit. The society of Publications Designers, New York
Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1973. Gold Medal. Society of Illustrators, New York
Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
Certificate of Merit. The society of Publications Designers, New York
Laus Selection. ADGFAD. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1974. Award of Excellence. Society of Illustrators, New York
Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1975. Citation for Merit. Society of Illustrators, New York
1976. Gold Medal. The Art Director Club of Chicago
1977. Gold Medal. Society of Illustrators, New York
Certificate of Merit. The Society of Publication Designers, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1966. Sala Gaspar. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1967. Galerie Delpire. Paris, France
1970. Galerie Delpire. Paris, France
1973. Musée des Arts Décoratives. Paris, France
Galerie Morave. Brno, Czech Republic
1974. Galerie Delpire. Paris, France
1975. Sarrió Gallery. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1976. Maison de la Science et de la Culture. Paris, France
“Art-expo” Barcelona, ​​Spain
1977. Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
Kandinsky Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Drawing and Printmaking Fair. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Maison de la Science et la Culture. Paris, France
1978. Gastón Gallery. Zaragoza, Spain
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1979. Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1980. International Art Gallery. Saint Anthony Abbot. Ibiza, Spain
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1968. Weinheim Museum. Germany
1972. Galerie Internationale. New York, USA
1975. Sarrió Gallery. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1976. Gaudí Hall - Gaudifond, Barcelona, ​​Spain
1978. Gaudí Hall - Gaudifond Barcelona, ​​Spain
Kamp Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands
1979. Roussel Uclaf. Paris, France
1980. Gaudí Hall - Gaudifond, Barcelona, ​​Spain

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