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AN ORIGINAL CREATOR PRODUCING
REMARKABLE WORK. HE IS A PAINTER AND
MURALIST WITH BASES IN CANADA, FRANCE,
SPAIN AND ENGLAND
Columbia identity for decades. He is also in “Artists of British Columbia” (1986),
the architect of some of the largest murals by Derek Morys-Edge; “The Collector’s
in North America and Europe Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction”
His paintings are in public and private (2001), by Anthony R. Westbridge and
collections worldwide and are treasured Diana L. Bodnar; “Famous” (2007), by
for their intrinsic and real value. Petru Russu; “Place Makers: Creating
Public Art…” (2007), by Ronald Lee
World’s largest mural painted by artist Paul Fleming and Renata Von Tscharner; and
Ygartua. In July of 2011, Paul Ygartua “International Contemporary Masters
finished restoring the ‘Legends of the Volume III” (2010), by Despina Tunberg.
Millennium’ mural. It’s on two continuous He is also the subject of the monograph
walls of the Beachcomber Building and “Primordial Chaos” (2008), by Carlo
measures over 9000 square feet! It is Cambi and Flora Rovigo.
considered “one of metro Vancouver’s most
famous works of art”. Ygartua originally
painted it in the year 2000. Then, as now,
it was done singlehandedly with a brush…
no graphs, no projections, no helpers.
The website AskART considers it probably
the largest mural ever painted by a single
artist. Video courtesy of Citytv Vancouver,
July 4, 2011. His works are discussed
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