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Exclusive: Meet the Script Ezquerra


(By Rodolfo Fernandez Alvarez) The purpose of this communication is Introducing the start of a printing vivid memories from the author many years ago, who observed the development of the work of a painter of signs disappeared and representing the icon and art of visual communication street. Left their mark on the posters of bars and shops of Montevideo, Uruguay. The unique calligraphy attempts being recorded from memory by translating their strokes to re-engineer and make them a script font character, trying to capture the unique style and relive that does not disappear.
Although little data are believed to migrate from Spain Ezquerra Francisco and his hometown (probably Barcelona or Valencia) in the years after war, in his capacity as an anarchist comes to Uruguay with a trade soon recovered.
Painter, muralist and "songwriter" between 1950 and advanced to 70 of the same century. To earn a living
posters and signs makes the menus in the cafes and bars.
unique for its quality and elegance in writing the names of the dishes and specialty gourmet shops offering those, he did both in glass windows as rectangular posters that were distributed by formica tables, counters or hung on the walls.

For the relatively ephemeral nature of their work and left no traces of gestural painting and calligraphic populated places where was the famous star that ended with the legend painted or claim as a personal password. Ezquerra
highlights and differs from his peers for his peculiar sign inscribed leaving at the end of each word or phrase of importance is a "star" as his signature, with privileged master calligraphy and traced each letter "cut" with flat brushes as if calligraphic pen try.
were then referring those celebrants of the letter and made funny gestures and you could see their works in shops of all kinds both in the center and in the neighborhoods of the cities of Montevideo and in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, in this last are known as filleting, are famous butts back of trucks or buses painted and decorated with fine lines and baroque ornaments with sayings or phrases giving personality to drivers who commissioned the work as a fetish.

The trade of painter Ezquerra lyrics fits the unique graphic-visual heritage of a city that welcomes European cultural trends in their arts and crafts they reached the South American continent. The trade of painter
lyricist has attracted much interest from those who later introduced us to call graphic design.