The painter from Gijón Evaristo Valle and the canning industrialist Alfonso Albo made it possible for Antón to move to Madrid to start his artistic training.
As a thank you, Antón created the cast bronze bust that is on display in this room. Both were made from the original plaster models.
This bust is a portrait of Alfonso Albo, Antón’s sponsor and owner of the Albo de Candás canning factory. As a thank you, the sculptor also portrayed him in the oil painting on display next to that piece. Both pieces have a deep expressiveness in which the artist enhances the frontal vision of the person portrayed in an extraordinary way.
Evaristo Valle discovered Antón’s artistic ability in 1930 at the La Felguera V Certamen Provincial.
To thank him for his support, Antón made this portrait of him in 1932.
A piece without a trace of idealisation, in which Antón focuses purely on the personality of the person portrayed, he emphasises, with enormous realism, his most peculiar features.
