Artist Jacinta Gil On February 25, 1963, he wrote: “At nine in the morning the police came for me. Now I’m in command.” This is the beginning of a story about what the Valencian went through on the day he was imprisoned for his ties to the Communist Party for a crime of insurgency. manuscript It forms part of the documents that the Valencia Institute of Modern Art receives as a donation. (IVAM)by researcher and collaborator Levante-EMV by Prensa Ibérica, Tomas Rosello.
In total, Roselló’s donation consists of a documentary set of “great value” for the study and exploration of Gil’s life and work (1917-2014). This material will shed light on a period as interesting as the Mevlana period. Imprisonment in 1962 and 1963and everything that this fact means for the artist” from IVAM. The set consists of 18 documentary units dated between 1962 and 1996, which can be divided into administrative documents regarding his detention and personal writings of the person. That moment of his life, Gil’s arrest, It consists of 10 poems about his interrogation and imprisonment and a 26-page typewriter.
His activism and ties to the Communist Party, Detention in Model Prison Valencia (1962) and later, Alcala de Henares (1963). From IVAM, they add, “The harsh experience of two people staying in Franco’s prisons is evident in the poems and diaries included in the donation.”
Handwritten pages from the diary where Jacinta Gil describes the first 9 days of her detention.
interrogation and prison
Among the documents 26 typed foils dated 8 July 1962, in which he describes his arrest, interrogation and detention; 10 poems written in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) prison; the Invoice for the work done in the Alcalá de Henares prison in the carpet department; a typescript by Gil del Día del Carmen in the Alcalá de Henares prison; A copy of the parole certificate dated October 26, 1963 or the final release certificate dated November 4, 1974.
Roselló’s interest in Gil “lies in the need to contribute to documenting and contextualizing the work of female artists who, in many cases, work with their spouses in the background, who are also famous artists or who fail to achieve some degree of recognition in life. The particular case of Jacinta Gil is of particular interest to me because she is a artist politically committed to gender equality and freedoms In our country, during the Franco regime,” says the researcher.
Regarding the source of this document, he explains that he obtained it from someone through a link. website dedicated to collecting In 2020, he purchased some letters and postcards addressed to Jacinta Gil to donate to IVAM, which became official that same year. “The day I stayed to pick up the aforementioned letters, the salesman, who was associated with one of Gil’s grandchildren, told me that he also had documents that he was in prison. Two years later, I offered the seller to buy them to also donate to IVAM».
Roselló called himself “a Individual with discrete purchasing powerbut it is very sensitive to the preservation of the artistic and architectural heritage” and therefore wants to “do its part with small contributions.” “Unfortunately, due to the public museums attached to the administration, bureaucracy and regulations, in many cases it is really difficult to be agile enough in obtaining direct documents or such works. This is why I found it necessary to carry out these two transactions: small donations”, explains Roselló.
Invoice for work done in the carpet department at Alcalá de Henares prison, dated 28 August 1963. LEVANTE-EMV
life and work
Jacinta Gil (Valencia, 1917-2014) began his exhibition career with a joint exhibition. Jose Meseguer In 1941, the year he started his education at Galerías Layetanas (Barcelona). Valencia College of Fine Arts. Together with her colleagues, she joined the renewal spirit of the Valencian art scene and was one of the few women to take part in the avant-garde impulse. VI, where he met the painter at the opening in 1946. She received the Silver Medal at the University Art Exhibition. manolo gil, married and developed an important artistic activity. A year later, he collaborated on the founding of Grupo Z, which was fighting to renew the Valencian art scene.
He moved to Madrid in 1950 and made a number of trips. Rome, Paris and Londonuntil he returned to Valencia in 1952. After completing the training period, his work presents informal approaches to the processing of both matter and tissues. In 1956 he was invited by Vicente Aguilera Cerni to join a new art group with the aim of renewing the Valencian plastic arts: Parpallo Group. He participated in the first stage of the group until 1959. His artistic consolidation took place between 1957 and 1964, and at that time he made a turn towards expressive painting, with a character markedly critical of the Spanish socio-political situation in his work. . This activism and connection with the Communist Party led to his arrest.
«Next, her work combines abstraction and figuration, reflecting the diversity of recordings and the artistic journey of a fundamental artist through various plastic experiences to study the evolution of Valencian plastic culture in the second half of the year. century. 20th century,” they explain from IVAM. “The possibility of this important documentary set to be donated to IVAM funds, great opportunity to top up the funds “The museum’s archive, along with some essential documents for the study and study of Gil’s life and works,” they conclude.