La pintura mural en Los Realejos y el patrocinio artístico de José Leal y Leal. Tres frescos de Francisco Bonnín en la casona de La Gorvorana

Abstract

This article tries to approach the mural painting in Los Realejos. With a small group of preserved works, the three frescoes by Francisco Bonnín Guerín (1874-1963) in one of the corridors of the La Gorvorana mansion stand out. The hacienda is a good example of the large properties linked in entailment that in the 19th century became the property of bourgeois returned from the Spanish Caribbean. In these works, the painter shows the influence on Bonnín of other insular artists. In the same way, we delve into its promoter, José Leal y Leal, his life, artistic sensitivity and his portrait.