The 2013 Penagos Drawing Prize was granted to William Kentridge (Johannesburg, 1955), who in recent days was also awarded in Madrid a recognition from the Fundación MAPFRE for his prominent professional artistic trajectory and his contribution to drawing as a genre in its own right within the visual arts. The South African artist, whose work is based on his roots, was grateful for receiving this award with a purse of 30,000.00 euros. Kentridge explained that for him "drawing is a kind of handwriting […] a way of thinking aloud." He also regards drawing as a discipline that involves a "dynamic process that continually changes and that has to do with the body and its movement." Antonio Huertas, President of MAPFRE and the Fundación MAPFRE, presented the award. He stressed the important role that drawing has for the foundation as "the backbone of our art collections" and also pointed out that Kentridge "is one of the contemporary creators who most intensely centers his professional career on drawing and its diverse manifestations." The award ceremony was celebrated at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Pablo Jiménez-Burillo, Director of the foundation's Cultural Department, underscored "the importance and close connection drawing has with the everyday lives of people and, particularly, in the career of any artist." The Penagos Drawing Prize was created in 1982 in memory of famous drawer Rafael de Penagos (Madrid, 1889-1954), held as one of the most important representatives of the renovation movement that emerged during the 1920s and 1930s in the field of graphic illustration in Spain. Since its conception, the Penagos Drawing Prize has been granted to some of the most important contemporary artists. From 2008 and on, the Prize has been bestowed in recognition of the professional trajectory of a living artist who, within his/her career, has paid particular attention to drawing.