Eduardo Arranz Bravo

EDUARDO ARRANZ BRAVO (Barcelona, 1941).
Untitled.1974.
Biros on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Size: 47 x 33 cm; 59,5 x 45 cm (frame).
Eduardo Arranz Bravo trained at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona between 1959 and 1962. He made his solo debut in 1961, at the University Club of Barcelona, but the exhibition that made him known to the Barcelona critics was the one organised by the Barcelona Athenaeum in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970 he formed part of the group made up of Gerard Sala, Robert Llimós and Rafael Lozano Bartolozzi. He continued to collaborate with the latter until 1982, alternating joint and solo exhibitions. His contact with these artists influenced his initially abstract style, which approached the new figuration and pop art. He has held exhibitions all over Spain, as well as in Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1983 he held an anthological exhibition of his work at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, and between 1986 and 1988 he was in charge of the artistic direction of Jaime Camino's films "El balcón abierto" and "Luces y sombras". He took part in the VIII Salón de Mayo in Barcelona and in the exhibitions "Muestra de Arte Nuevo" (Barcelona, 1971), "Picasso 90" (Louvre Museum, 1971), "Experiencias conceptuales" (Barcelona, 1971-72), among others. In 1989 he presented an exhibition of the work of his last three years at the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo, and an anthological exhibition at the Palau Robert in Barcelona. His prizes include the II Bienal Internacional del Deporte, the figure award of the Bienal Estrada Saladich, and the Ynglada-Guillot drawing prize. His work can be found in the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Seville, the Museum of São Paulo and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.