Albert Ràfols Casamada

ALBERT RÀFOLS CASAMADA (Barcelona, 1923 - 2009).
Pyramids, 1994.
Mixed media and collage with iridescent finish on Japan paper glued to cardboard in the upper margin.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner.
Provenance: Private collection.
Measurements: 77 x 57 cm; 85 x 64 cm (frame)
After a brief figurative period, the 1950s gave way to a more schematic and structured conception of reality, with a clearly abstractionist bias, which he would cultivate throughout the rest of his life. During the 1990s until the end of his career, his production is interpreted as a study of his own work. His compositions, stable and calm, show a structural purity taken to the extreme in which symmetry, order and balance configure the use of space in which geometry and the complementarity of colours.
A painter and graphic artist, Ràfols Casamada trained in Barcelona and Paris. He has received many awards, such as the National Plastic Arts Award in 1980, the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1982 and the CEOE Arts Award in 1991. In 1985 he was also named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. His work can be found in the most important museums around the world: the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA in 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.