Friday, April 5, 2024, 02:00
Recently arrived from Cádiz, where he collected the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the hands of the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz, along with 32 other winners, the Blanca City Council paid a fair tribute to the painter Pedro Cano this Thursday. . The event was chaired by the president of the regional government, Fernando López Miras, who was accompanied by the mayor of Blanca, Pablo Cano; the Minister of Agriculture, Sara Rubira; Deputy Jesús Cano and almost the entire Corporation. The mayor stated that “the medal received by Pedro Cano is a treasure for Blanca.” The honoree, who still wears a bandage on one hand after a recent fall, recalled his beginnings and how much his parents and brothers pushed him to study Fine Arts in Madrid. He remembered the ring that his mother gave him when he showed up at the Madrid barracks where he was doing his military service. “I confess that I have worked hard and many people have believed in me, so it is a great pleasure to be here today with my people,” said an applauded Pedro Cano, Blanca's Favorite Son in 1986; Gold Medal from the Region of Murcia in 2016 and now Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2022.
The president of the Autonomous Community, who accepted from the mayor to give a Metope to Cano (“your greatness leads you to make your people greater”) did not spare his praise for “our greatest ambassador of the Region, who is universal, generous and timeless.” , and whose work transcends generations and does so through beauty, art and magic; That person belongs to everyone, not just Blanca, whom he always takes ahead of him. Nobody has given him anything, so if we didn't have it, we would have to invent it,” he concluded. Pedro Cano was congratulated by the fifty people who filled the municipal plenary hall.
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