Blue- original litograph abstract limited edition painting
Original graphic work by CASAMADA.
Limited edition engraving. 50 copies
Signed and numbered in pencil.
framed
RÀFOLS CASAMADA, Albert (Barcelona, 1923-2009).
Painter and graphic artist, Ràfols Casamada today enjoys great international prestige. He began studying architecture, but soon abandoned to devote himself to the arts. In 1950 won a scholarship to travel to France and settled in Paris until 1954. There he met poscubista figurative painting, while the work of Picasso, Matisse, Braque and Miró, among others. These influences were united in their painting to American abstract expressionism, which was developing at that moment. When he finally returns to Barcelona begins his own artistic path, with a style characterized by compositional elegance, based on orthogonal structures connected with an emotional and bright chromaticism. He has received numerous awards, including the National Plastic Arts, the Creu de Sant Jordi or the Arts Award CEOE. He also was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. a style characterized by compositional elegance, based orthogonal linked up to an emotional and luminous coloring. He has received numerous awards, including the National Plastic Arts, the Creu de Sant Jordi or the Arts Award CEOE. He also was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. a style characterized by compositional elegance, based orthogonal linked up to an emotional and luminous coloring. He has received numerous awards, including the National Plastic Arts, the Creu de Sant Jordi or the Arts Award CEOE. He also was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. based orthogonal linked up to an emotional and luminous coloring. He has received numerous awards, including the National Plastic Arts, the Creu de Sant Jordi or the Arts Award CEOE. He also was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. based orthogonal linked up to an emotional and luminous coloring. He has received numerous awards, including the National Plastic Arts, the Creu de Sant Jordi or the Arts Award CEOE. He also was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. He was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others. He was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. His work is in major museums around the world: the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others.