Jorge Rando (born 23 June 1941, Málaga) is a Spanish painter and sculptor, considered one of the most recognised artist of the Neo-expressionist art movement.

In Germany, the artist's second home, his art work has also been recognised, since the prestigious Ernst Barlach Museum at Ratzeburg granted a permanent exhibition room to Rando oeuvres, making him the first living Spanish painter to receive such an honour.

Due to the mixture of cultures present in Rando's work, some consider it to be a cultural bridge that links the deep philosophical concepts of the German school with the powerful tradition of the Spanish artistic sensibility.The synergy between his philosophical concepts and his energetic painting converge in a language of great expressive force, that uses vigorous and colorful brushes.

This art form allows the artist to convey their feelings through their work, translating a message capable of reaching a wide range of people independent of their religion, sex, race, creed or belief.e.

Similar to some expressionist artist at the beginning of the 20th century, prostitutes and beggars are common characters in Rando's paintings, as well as Mother Nature and animals.

[23] The common motives portrayed in Rando's paintings, evoke a strong humanistic vision, a profound sensibility for the suffering of others, spirituality as well as deep love for all living things.

For example, Jiménez wrote: Rando's artworks shook our consciousness with these socially concerned paintings; motivating the spectator to look to their inner self and to reflect in their own emotions.

[24] On the cycles Carmen Pallarés wrote: " Afrika is an exhibition that shows the strength and the purity of Jorge Rando's Neo-Expressionism, and whose creation, it is inseparable to the artist´s philosophical and humanist principles."

Adding(...) "from the unconcealed humanism of his stroke in Afrika, where the drawing manifest itself and the painter finds "the means for free expression, spontaneity and liberation from all ties; (...) to the extremely sensitive gaze to Prostitution, shaped by his energetic brushstrokes and its structured compositions.

Through his philosophical conceptualism of his painting and his incessant investigation of the language of colour, the artist transport us from his own human facet to pure nature.

), it is clear Rando's fundamental concern is to unravel the inside of the human soul through colour, the organic form, its distortion and the free traces of his brush stroke.

"[26] Ricardo Barnatán in Pintarradas wrote: "Rando's figurative landscapes, those quick and furious sketches, speaks of what takes place inside us not what we see outside.

The brush strokes and the colours are representative of the interior of the painter and if the figures seem recognizable it´s because they work as words in a secret decoded message.

The museum is located on the premises of the Monastery of "Las Madres Mercedarias" on the popular Molinillo neighbourhood, in Málaga downtown area.