Almost 100 works by Antonio Pedrero fill Casa de Vacas for free this September

Casa de Vacas devotes September to tracing more than seven decades of Antonio Pedrero’s work. From this Friday the 4th until the 27th, El Retiro’s cultural venue hosts Antonio Pedrero. Anthology 1952–2026, a free exhibition bringing together almost one hundred works by the artist from Zamora.

The tour begins with his formative years and reaches his most recent output. There are drawings, oils, murals and sculptural models that make it possible to follow the changes in his work, from his first academic pieces to works produced more than seven decades later.

Pedrero was born in Zamora in 1939, and much of his output is linked to the landscape, architecture and rural life of Castile and León. Sanabria occupies a particularly recognisable place in his paintings, alongside scenes, characters and traditions from his native province.

Among the works that help to explain his career is La Golondrina, a mural he created in 1960 when he was only 21, in which he portrayed figures from Zamora’s social and cultural life. Another of his major mural works is Cerco de Zamora, commissioned by the Gobierno Civil and currently kept at the Subdelegación del Gobierno.

His career is not limited to painting. Pedrero has also developed an important sculptural body of work, with pieces such as Merlú, the bronze monument installed in the Plaza Mayor de Zamora in 1996, and the polychrome wooden Nazareno created in 1999 for the Cofradía de Jesús Nazareno. The Madrid exhibition includes models that offer a closer look at this lesser-known facet.

The anthology has required more than two years of preparation and is organised by the Pedrero family with sponsorship from the Diputación de Zamora. The selection brings together pieces from different periods, formats and artistic languages to create a chronological journey through a career extending from 1952 to this very 2026.

No ticket or advance booking is required for the visit. Casa de Vacas is open Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 21:00, and admission is free until capacity is reached. The centre is located at paseo de Colombia, 1, inside El Retiro park.

The exhibition can be seen until Sunday 27 September. There are just over three weeks to explore in Madrid a selection of almost one hundred pieces by an artist whose career now spans 74 years.