JOHN ULBRICHT (Havana, Cuba, 1926 - Palma de Mallorca, 2006)."Bellflowers", 1974.Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower left corner.Size: 65 x 81 cm; 72,5 x 90 cm (frame).John Ulbricht grew up in Chicago, where he began his artistic training. He settled with his wife on the Spanish island of Majorca in 1954, not to leave it as a residence until his death, even though he came here for the first time on a "Grand Tour" which he had undertaken with his wife, the painter Angela von Newman, "looking for Mediterranean light in non-African spaces" (they passed through Mexico and Denver). He is known, above all, for his "macro" portraits of people (due to the size of the work) and for his landscapes and views with objects (not exactly still lifes in the traditional Baroque line), with a style immersed in the avant-garde but always maintaining a closeness to realist painting (not as a style, but maintaining the figuration), His work has been seen in Palma de Mallorca, Menorca, etc., and is preserved in private collections (especially portraits) and mainly in Spanish institutions (Palma de Mallorca City Council Collection, in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Santander, etc.).