ALFONS BORRELL (Barcelona, 1931).
Untitled.
Oil on paper.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Size: 54 x 72.5 cm; 74 x 93 cm (frame).
One of the greatest exponents of lyrical abstraction in Spain, Alfons Borrell began his pictorial training in 1950 in the studio of Anglada Camarasa. Three years later he entered the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1960 he became a member of the Gallot group and carried out "actions" in the streets of Barcelona. This is a brief but intense period of collective activities with other members of the group. He exhibits gestural paintings, within the "action painting" movement, and is invited by Cirici to exhibit at the inauguration of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1976 he exhibited at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, and two years later he took part in a group exhibition of Catalan artists at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. During the eighties and nineties he showed his work in galleries in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, New York and Tokyo, among other cities around the world. Until 1996, Borrell combined his pictorial activity with teaching, and in recent years he has devoted himself fully to his work. He is currently represented at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art.