Javier Ciga Echandi (Pamplona, Pamplona 1877- 1960) Painter Navarre. PNV politician and Municipal Council of Pamplona. ....His oevre was once recorded as 348 works, although it is believed that there may be many more, possibly twice as many. Along with Basiano, Asarta, Lasterra, Muñoz Sola, Zubiri, Ciga is considered one of the greatest Navarre painters and one of the most sought after. Part of his work is exhibited at the Museum of Navarra (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Ciga_Echandi) Javier Ciga Echandi, although born in Pamplona, had ties to Baztan through his mother and wife who were both from this Navarre valley. In 1917, he married Eulalia Aritzia, who was born in Elizondo. He would often paint Baztan landscapes, working class figures and traditions. The roots of Ciga’s work dig deep into both post-romanticism and realism art movements. The former draws on his abiding love for his native land and the people living there, a constant source of inspiration. The latter provides an outlet for his obsession with form and his desire to reach the perfection of reality while taking his artistic expression beyond academicism. Thanks to the technical precision of his well-honed craft, the artist succeeds in transcending his topic to produce a balanced and serene painting. ....Ciga used a wide range of genres and techniques: portrait, ethnographic and landscape painting, academic nudes, still life, religious topics, historical, allegorical and symbolic themes, subjects inspired by Basque legends, etc. The techniques used are oil, gouache watercolour, pencil, charcoal and lithography. Ciga’s painting is based on truth and reality, providing an opportunity to contemplate a world that no longer exists today. Thanks to his painting, the viewer can still discover this world as if through the eyes of a sociologist and ethnographer. With its natural simplicity that combines two ways of thinking and...(http://www.fundacionciga.com/castellano/i08%20ingles.html) undefined

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