
No title
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph Handsigned by the artist in pencil 68.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 26.77 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 59.00 cm. x 43.00 cm. 23.23 in. x 16.93 in. (image) LCD4560
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1967
Antoni Clavé was born on April 5, 1913, in Barcelona. Clavé was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards namely Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design, for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. Clavé was one of Spain's best known and most celebrated artists. His work evolved from a baroque, ornamental style to a pure, minimal aesthetic. In his later years, his work was completely abstract, employing expressive lines and exploring the boundaries of collage, object-trouve, shading, texture and color. He was trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was taught by Ángel Ferrant and Félix Mestres. With his works being influenced by artists such as Bonnard, Vuillard and Rouault. He was best known for his lyrical abstractions, works which combine paint with collage. Clavé died on September 1, 2005, in Saint-Tropez, France.
Deux Feuilles II
By Antoni Clavé
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Deux Feuilles II" 1970 is a color etching with carborundum by noted Spanish artist Antoni Clave 1913-2005. It is signed and numbered 4/80 in pencil by the artist. The size is 29.85 x 22.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright. About the artist: Antoni Clavé was born in Barcelona on 5 April 1913. From 1926 he attended evening courses at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios "Llotja" taught by Félix Mestres, Josep Mongrell and Angel Ferrant. Mongrell found Clavé a place as a house painter's apprentice in 1927 because Clavé was fascinated by the hands-on side of painting and especially by the materials used for such work and wanted to learn how to prepare paints. During the Spanish Civil War Clavé served as a draughtsman for the Republican government, but at the end of the war. he fled to France. After internment at Les Haras camp in Perpignan, Clavé settled in Paris in 1939, drawing comics and working as an illustrator. During the 1940s Clavé's painting showed the stylistic influence of Bonnard, Vuillard, Rouault and especially Picasso, with whom he became acquainted in 1944. From 1946 Clavé did numerous designs for ballet and theatre in Paris, Munich, London and New York; in the 1950s he turned to book illustration. In 1954 Clavé ceased working as a stage-set designer and illustrator to devote himself entirely to painting, visiting Spain again. His paintings became more abstract and enigmatic; inspired by wall textures...
Etching
Untitled
By Ruth Leaf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.1970, is an original woodcut monoprint on artisanal hand made paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed and numbered 1/1 in pen...
Monoprint