Angel Ferrant

ANGEL FERRANT (Madrid, 1891 - 1961).
S/t (figure), 1950.
Ink on paper.
Attached magazine "Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos". Nº 14. March-April, 1950.
Framed with museum glass.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 19 x 15 cm; 42.55 x 38 cm (frame); 24.5 x 17 x 2 cm (magazine).
This drawing was specially designed by Ferrant for the cover of the cultural magazine "Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos", published in Madrid for the March-April 1950 issue.
Son of the painter Alejandro Ferrant, Ángel was an outstanding sculptor of the Spanish avant-garde, initiator of kinetic and surrealist sculpture in Spain. He trained in Madrid, at the School of Arts and Crafts, at the Academy of San Fernando and in the workshop of Aniceto Marinas, expanding his knowledge through travels in Europe and a stay in Paris. In 1918 he moved to La Coruña to obtain a chair at the School of Arts and Crafts in the city, and later moved to Barcelona. In 1934 he returned to Madrid, where he settled permanently. His awards include the National Sculpture Prize (1926) and the sculpture prize at the Venice Biennale (1960). He exhibited with different groups such as Los Evolucionistas, the Asociación de Escultores y los Amigos de las Artes Nuevas (A.D.L.A.N.), and in the late forties he joined the Altamira School as a key artist. He is represented in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao and the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, among others.