Didier Lourenço

DIDIER LOURENÇO (Premià de Mar, Barcelona, 1968-2023).
Untitled.
Lithograph on paper. Exemplary 39/50.
Signed and justified in pencil.
Measurements: 37 x 96 cm; 53 x 115 cm (frame).
Didier Lourenço began working in his father's lithography workshop, where he learned the craft of lithography. Later he began to be known in the field of painting in the early nineties, winning in 1991 the second prize in the XXXIII Young Painting Contest of the Sala Parés in Barcelona. The following year he won the Talens Prize in the same contest, and also the Joan Font de Premià de Mar. He made his individual debut in 1988 at the Sala Hemisferi Sud in Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, and since then he has held personal exhibitions in galleries in Barcelona and other Catalan towns. He has also taken part in numerous group exhibitions, including the "Recontres Atlàntiques de l'Art" in Guerande (France). In 2000, a prestigious publishing house and poster distributor took his work all over the world. This worldwide presence quickly aroused the interest of galleries, which would present his original work. Didier had solo exhibitions in New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Nashville, South Africa, Las Vegas, Miami, Singapore, among many other cities. His style, close and everyday, shows scenes of daily life through a colorful and emotive brushstroke: women on bicycles, strollers wandering the streets, figures in interiors, etc. are some of the images that make up his artistic imagery.