Work & Activities

After the war, he decorated the cinema 'Balado' in Lalín and made a mural for the Modern Cafè in Pontevedra, titled El manantial de la vida.During the period he spent in Vigo (1942-1951) he painted portraits of children (Merienda campestre, Juguete) and pictures of women such as Arquitectura. In his paintings El Amanecer or La Voz de la Montaña, Laxeiro recalls his childhood dreams and visions.He often painted masquerades characterising his figures in a grotesque way such as in Concierto, Flor, Hoy or Guiñol. Trasmundo is his most important work. In this picture, he shows his own interpretation of the great beyond.In the 60's he painted works such as Martirio y muerte del muñeco Ramón (1966), El Mundo (1964), La vieja caja de música (1962), Hans de Islandia (1966), Entierro aldeano, and so forth. We can also mention other works such as El verduguito, Los homenajes a Rembrandt, La duquesa Romea, Los dioses, El laranxo, or Pareja aldeana.