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Emilio Grau Sala Animal Paintings

Spanish, 1911-1975
Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in "Sala Parés", Barcelona. His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents. In the years 1930-33 he had painted under the influence of Cubism, especially that of Torres García. It is from that time a painting of the port of Barcelona, ​​geometric and structural, which completely anticipated what would later be his work. His personality began fully painting watercolors and oils with a certain fantasy character, with a point of decorative instinct and themes full of naivety and grace. Romantic interiors, paddocks, port scenes, sailors, etc. Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. Mediterranean because his work has the color and light of that land. He understood and assimilated impressionist painting very well, and for that reason he was never subject to the modules of a formulist realism, nor the sexigencias of the forms. In Paris he found the best environment to give us a fruitful and intense work, because he could use the expressive potential of French art to enrich it. All this made him a very esteemed artist everywhere where his work was known. He was also very often required to illustrate books and publications in Paris. Also his posters were very successful. He painted a large number of subjects, but perhaps the theme of horse racing is where you can see in a very clear way the joyful and optimistic life that was lived at that time. In this fabric there is an explosion of juicy and vivid colors full of ingenuity and simplicity in its composition. Only a teacher could turn the complicated into something simple and beautiful. Before this work we feel a deep emotion, the emotion of before starting a horse race. Joy and nervousness at the same time. Especially since it is a direct emotion. There are no intermediaries between our eyes and what the work intends to tell us. This is precisely what seduces and catches us of this painting. His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum, Tossa de Mar Museum, Philadelphia Museum, Museum of Buenos Aires, etc. EXHIBITION Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid Galería Muller, Buenos Aires Dindley Gallery, New York Outdoor and Autumn Halls, Paris Galería Charpentier, París Monique de Groote, París Sala Parés, Barcelona Sala Rovira, Barcelona Sala Syra, Barcelona
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Artist: Emilio Grau Sala
Emilio Grau Sala, Paddock, 1970
Emilio Grau Sala, Paddock, 1970

Emilio Grau Sala, Paddock, 1970

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Madrid, ES

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOCK, 1970 signed "Grau Sala" (lower left) signed, dated and titled "GRAU SALA / 1970 / "Paddock"" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 15 x 18-1/8...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Emilio Grau Sala Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Paddock, 1961”, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Emilio Grau Sala
“Paddock, 1961”, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Emilio Grau Sala

“Paddock, 1961”, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Emilio Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Madrid, ES

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOCK, 1961 signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) signed again, titled & dated "GRAU SALA / PADDOK / 1961" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 21-3/...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Emilio Grau Sala Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Emilio Grau Sala, Gens du cirque
Emilio Grau Sala, Gens du cirque

Emilio Grau Sala, Gens du cirque

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Madrid, ES

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 GENS DU CIRQUE signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) signed, titled, located and dated "Grau Sala / Gens du cirque / París 72" (on the reverse) oil o...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Emilio Grau Sala Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Located in Madrid, ES

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Located in Madrid, ES

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