RITA

BRETONES

Her childhood

• Rita was born in 1952.

• She is the oldest of six brothers and sisters.

• When she was little she played with her brothers in the park or a patio behind her house.Her favourite games were tag and hide and seek.

• The family lived in Madrid.

• She had a big group of friends from theneighbourhood.

• She had a great timewhen she was little.

Some photos of Rita with her brothers and

dad when she was little in Madrid.

Her first influences

• Rita’s dad was a publicist,he had lots of paints in his desk. Rita painted with them when her dad couldn’t see her. She really enjoyed that.

• One of the things that called Rita’s attention was the colours of one of her mum’s scarves. She was fascinated by the colors and sensations that it gave her.

• She was also interested in how the perception of a pencil changes when viewed through a jar full of water.

• Rita was very observant and curious....

Academical training

• Her Primary school was in the city centre of Madrid and Rita caught the bus every day.It was a Catholic-run school , only for girls.

• At the school she was famous for drawing pictures for her friends and also the teachers asked her to draw pictures too.

• When Rita finished Batchelors Degree , she enrolled in a private Art academy which trained studenyts to access the Artes y Oficios school.

• When Rita was 17 she trained herself to draw human figures and sculptures in the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

At the University

• Starting at the University wasn’t how Rita had imagined.

• The University wasreally far from herhouse, most of thedays she couldn’t get up early and thematerials were veryexpensive.

• So she decided to work to pay for her studies.

• She stopped going to the University and shestudied from home.

• She got married when she was 20.

• Rita worked in different jobs :Doing surveys, tour guide etc.It was difficult for her but she learnt lots of things, that were useful for her life.

In Ibiza

• In 1977 Rita arrived in Ibiza.

• She worked drawing portraits in the port.

• She drew at least 5000 portraits.

• However, She continued studying for the University .

• Finally she passed all the exams and she finished her degree in 1981.

• In 1989 she became pregnant with her daughter and she started giving lesson at Santa Maria High school.

Some photos of Rita painting in the port .

Rita as an Art teacher..

• 1990 She moved to “Escuela de Artes y Oficios to work as a teacher. She passed the competitive exams and has been working there at the Art school until now. She is going to retire next June.

• She has been very happy at her school working as a teacher but soon she will have more time for painting and creating, but sure that she will miss hertime at the school....

Her techniques

• She has worked with most of the traditional art techniques : oil and water painting, many different types of sketches, pastels, charcoal and using stamps.