EDITIONS OF THE PAINTING PRIZE
The last announcement of the prize was made in 2021, the thirteenth edition of the prize. In addition to the information in this section on the current call, click on the following link if you are interested in information about the previous call:
2019 edition BBVA Painting Award - MUFACE
Third Prize:
Title: Crystal Palace
Motto: Guillar
Author: José Raúl Gil Rodríguez
Here you can see The rest of the selected works.
Both the awarded works and the selected ones will be exhibited to the public, from November 2 to November 21 - being able to extend until the day of the ceremony of delivery of the prizes -, in the Central Services of MUFACE (building A) located at number 26 of Paseo Juan XXIII in Madrid. The exhibition hours will be from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 13:00 hours, as well as from Monday to Thursday between 16:00 and 18:00 hours.
PRIZE FAILURE
On October 26, the meeting of the jury of the BBVA Painting Award-2021 for mutualists and employees of MUFACE was held in order to evaluate the works presented and choose the winners of the contest.
Chaired by Myriam Pallarés Cortón, General Director of MUFACE, the jury was composed of the following members: Fernando Arnal Rubio, representing BBVA; Francisco Cruz de Castro, renowned painter; Rosa María Garcerán Piqueras, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid; and Juan Manuel del Campo Vera, representative of the trade union organization elected at the corresponding meeting of the General Council of MUFACE. Elena Méndez Carmona, general secretary of MUFACE, acted as secretary of the jury, with a voice but without a vote.
After examining the 105 works submitted to this edition of the contest, the jury made a selection of 37 paintings, which were the ones that obtained the highest number of votes.
Winners
Then, and according to criteria of innovation, interest, originality and mastery of the technique, according to the bases of the contest, the three works awarded with the first, second and third prizes were unanimously chosen, endowed, respectively, with € 6,000, € 4,500 and € 3,500. These three awards have gone to the following works:
First Prize:
Title: Douro River in Soria
Motto: Douro River, Douro River
Author: Antonio Cáceres Paniagua
Second Prize:
Title: Pollution
Motto: Mediterranean
Author: Victoria Gasané Álvarez
The “BBVA Painting Award 2021 for mutualists and employees of MUFACE” has been announced. The call for the contest is a consequence of the collaboration agreement signed on July 7 by MUFACE and the entity BBVA.Vea the agreement in this link.
After the mandatory parenthesis imposed by the pandemic in 2020, which meant that no edition of this prize was made, this collaboration instrument is recovered, in which is the thirteenth call for the prize. According to the rules of the competition, all the MUFACE mutualists will be able to attend, regardless of whether they are active or retired, as well as the staff who provide their services at the Mutuality.
MUFACE supports the social and cultural promotion of its Collective, as well as the active leisure of retired mutualists and the extra-labor activity of their mutualists, in the case of active public employees and employees, through the development of their artistic expression, as a complement to their ordinary activity. Currently, BBVA and the Mutualidad collaborate with this same purpose, seeking to promote and develop the dedication of the mutualists, giving rise to this collaboration to the call for the “BBVA Painting Awards, for Muface Mutualists, Employees and Public Employees”.
The contest is endowed with a total amount of 14,000 euros, and will be intended to reward the acquisition of three works among those selected and designated by the jury appointed for that purpose. The prizes, in strict order of preference, will have the following financial endowment: 6,000 euros the first prize; 4,500 euros the second and 3,500 euros the third.
The contest will take place during the last quarter of 2021, and will be informed about its progress through this section of the mutuality website,
The works can be delivered in person by request of prior appointment or through a transport agency between September 27 and October 22 inclusive, and all the information can be seen in this link to our website. The telephone number to request the prior appointment for delivery or for making inquiries is 603729100, and inquiries can also be made at the following email address:
