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FERNANDO COBO (Madrid, 1975). "Manhattan brigde from Washington St". Oil on canvas. Size: 73 x 100 cm; 79 x 105 cm (frame). A hyperrealist painter, specialising in urban landscapes (as a result of his belonging to the group that turned to urban realism thanks to the influence of Antonio López in the 1990s), Fernando Cobo began his training at the age of fifteen, studying drawing and painting with the master landscape painter Machado de Camas. This apprenticeship came to an end nine years later, and it was then that he began to hold his first solo exhibitions. Now in his twentieth year, his work shows influences of both the master from Tomelloso and American hyperrealism (Richard Estes and his contemporaries), although his brushstrokes are far removed from the photographic obsession that makes one confuse painting with snapshots (in the artist's words: "It would be unthinkable not to see brushstrokes in a Velázquez, a Caravaggio or a Renoir"), which is why his works, usually large format, can be seen in the gimmicky side (close to the photographic, in the distance) and in the artisanal side (showing strokes and paint, in the proximity). His abundant production has allowed him to work on a wide variety of urban landscapes, both national (Madrid, Barcelona, etc.) and international. At the same time, Cobo studied Library Science and Documentation, and later Journalism, at the Carlos III University of Madrid. He thus combined his pictorial activity with his literary activity, another of his passions, the result of which is a novel published in 1999 and various collaborations in literary magazines. Since his first exhibition, held in 1995, Cobo has held more than thirty personal exhibitions, mainly in Madrid and Barcelona, in galleries such as Victoria Hidalgo, Galileo Galilei, Iris, Dionís Bennassar, etc. He has also participated in the Lineart International Fair in Belgium (2008) and in the V Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Art Arte Genova in Italy (2009). Fernando Cobo is one of the artists who form part of the Worldgallery label, which focuses on the dissemination of works of art in hotel environments, together with artists of the stature of Subirachs and Lorenzo Quinn, among others. His work is currently represented in various private collections in Spain, as well as in prestigious offices, hotels, private clinics, law firms, legal and judicial institutions, foundations, etc.