Albert Ràfols-Casamada was born in Barcelona in 1923, and was introduced to drawing and painting through his father, Albert Ràfols i Cullerés, a noucentist painter. It was him who supported him when he decided to abandon his architecture studies to focus on creation through the plastic arts. He held his first exhibition in 1946 with the group El Vuit, four years later he left for Paris thanks to a grant from the French government, where he lived and worked until 1954.
His pictorial journey is related to post-expressionism and figuration in its beginnings, although it evolves through time towards abstraction. During this period prevails color and the influence of American Abstract Expressionism in his chromatic research. Even so, he also developed an important career as a writer of poetry and essays, publishing several books, as well as a set designer and illustrator. On the other hand, his pedagogical aspect in art and design stands out, which began as a teacher at the Elisava school in 1962. But the Bauhaus pedagogical model captivated him, leading him to found, in 1967, the EINA school together with others intellectuals, teachers and artists.
He won different prices along his career, such as the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas (1980), Creu de Sant Jordi (1983), Légion d’honneur (1991) or Premi Nacional d’Arts Visuals (2003). In 2001 MACBA organized him a retrospective under the title Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 1953-2001, just as Proa editorial published his complete poethical work under the title Signe d’aire: obra poètica (1939-1999) in 2000.
List of artworks
Branca , 1974
Dijous , 1979
Nit i dia , 1979
Nit i dia , 1979
Sense títol , 1980
L'estany , 1984
Sense títol , 1985
Branca , 1974
Sense títol , 1980
Dijous , 1979
L'estany , 1984
Nit i dia , 1979
Sense títol , 1985
Press articles
1915 – 1995
Col·lecció Josep Suñol
Owing to the number of works in the collection, the first show included a selection of the most representative pieces dating from 1915 to 1995.
Portrait: 1971-1987
Fernando Vijande
We brought together 51 artists to talk about Fernando Vijande, the gallerist who supported the work of all those who exhibited at the Galería Vandrés and the Galería Vijande.
Everything Solid Fades Away
In Three Acts
The second act, titled Everything Solid Fades Away, is a journey through a group of works that allow us to understand the extent to which the abstract pulsation did...
Literarture
Fall 2017
This fall we take up Literarture, an activity focused in the relationship between art and literature.
Open days
December 2017 and January 2018
Visit for free the current exhibition at the Fundació Suñol Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987 to say goodbye to 2017 and salute the new year 2018.
Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987
José Luis Alexanco and Daniel Giralt-Miracle
José Luis Alexanco —artist and coorganizer of the exhibition— and Daniel Giralt-Miracle —art critic and historian— will lead a tour visit of Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987 on Monday, February 5.
Guided tours to Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987
The Fundació Suñol organizes some commented tours for individual audience through the exhibition Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987.
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