He was close to reaching the century mark, but he stayed at 97, which is also a long life. In his case, moreover, eventful and full of vicissitudes. Andres Vazquez de Sola He died in the early hours of Thursday, September 26, as announced by his relatives and later confirmed by the San Roque town hall.
He was born in 1927 in Saint-Roch (Cádiz). In the capital of Cádiz, coincidentally, the Alcances festival begins today, which includes a documentary about his figure: “The ideology of pencils, a brushstroke of the life of Vázquez de Sola”. An appropriate title because this cartoonist, painter and journalist is inseparable from politics.
Although he began studying theology in Grenadehe left because it was clear that it was not his calling. He began working for the defunct newspaper Patria and gradually delved deeper into communist ideology. He received the card of the then banned Spanish Communist Party in 1960.
He also appeared in the Madrid newspaper and on Spanish television, but his speech continued troubles with censorship They took him to France where, after going through many difficulties – it is said that he literally slept under the bridges of the Seine – he joined the satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchainé.
It was his consecration. His criticism of the Franco regime increased the distribution and reached the million copies. His signature and his drawings also appear in important media such as Le Monde or Le Monde Diplomatique, but he is not limited to developing his role as a designer but also promotes his career as a painter.
He returned to Spain in 1985 and from his house in Monachil, near Granada, he prepared works in homage to gArcía Lorca, Francisco Ayala or Miguel Hernández. But he retained his ties to his hometown. The San Roque town hall has in fact declared three days of official mourning.
