Montesol

"MONTESOL"; JAVIER BALLESTER GUILLEM (Barcelona, 1952).
"Casa de la Cultura, Paris".
Gouache on paper.
Signed and localized.
Measurements: 16 x 39 cm; 23 x 48 cm (frame).
Artist of self-taught formation, Montesol abandoned his studies of economy in 1972, participating since then actively in the cultural life of Barcelona. He began his career in the world of comics, and his interest in painting began in 1985, following a trip to Paris with Jean Pierre Guillemont. His first proposals will have a naïf posture, revealing his origins in comics. Shortly after he moved to Paris and entered the field of impressionism, to start a wide experimentation with color. Montesol has held solo exhibitions in the most important cities of Spain, as well as in galleries in Nantes (France) and New York. Between 1972 and 1088 he participated in the comic movement "Underground" first, and later "Línea Clara", as well as in the founding of the magazines "Star" and "El Cairo", as a comic author. He has also worked in illustration and graphic art.