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Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Spain • 1923 - 2009 • 129 followers
Featured in: Master Artists

The poem is in none of the objects that surround us; it is in the view, in the imagination that our mind creates.

Nationality

Spanish

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Illustration

Themes

Abstract, Conceptual, Still Life

Biography

Albert Ràfols-Casamada (Barcelona, 1923-2009) is one of the central figures of Spanish lyrical abstraction. Son of the painter Albert Ràfols, he starts drawing at a young age. He comes into contact with the developments of Noucentisme, the Catalan art revival movement, and with the first avant-gardes, especially with the work of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Joan Miró through various publications and trains himself in poetry, beginning with the poets from the Generación del 27.

In 1948 he abandons his architectural studies to devote himself entirely to painting. However, a structured conception of reality will be permanently present in all his work from when he begins with abstraction having overcome a first schematic figurative stage. In 1950 he moves to Paris, the city which will become, as for so many other Spanish artists, an invaluable source of knowledge and stimuli. Likewise, he would continue to expand his interest in poetry when in contact with the French production of authors such as Paul Éluard, René Char, Louis Aragon and André Breton. His return to Barcelona would suppose the purification of his abstraction to which he completely dedicates himself to from 1958 as a result of immersion in the study of landscape.

American Abstract Expressionism is one of the biggest influences present in his work from when he visits an exhibition in Madrid that brings him into contact with the work of Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Jackson Pollock, traditions that add to the culture already acquired from Albert Ràfols-Casamada of classical landscape. For this artist, landscape is an expression of his idea of the world; it is a direct experiential register through four basic elements: colour, stain, structure and rhythm. The colours used by the Catalan artist and their successful capture of the atmosphere, often full of reverberating light, determine his own painting style.

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Print, Barcelona 5, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 5

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$605 $544

Print, Sin Título, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Sin Título

Print . 77 x 112 cm Print . 30.3 x 44.1 inch

$2,177

Recommended by Artsper
Print, Untitled, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Untitled

Print . 77 x 113 cm Print . 30.3 x 44.5 inch

$1,814

Print, Rouge, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Rouge

Print . 78 x 112 x 0.3 cm Print . 30.7 x 44.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,266

Print, Untitled, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Untitled

Print . 94 x 74 cm Print . 37 x 29.1 inch

$1,814

Print, Barcelona 6, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 6

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$605

Print, Untitled, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Untitled

Print . 77 x 113 cm Print . 30.3 x 44.5 inch

$1,814

Print, Estructures 2, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Estructures 2

Print . 41 x 31 cm Print . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

$357 $322

Print, Composition 5, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition 5

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Galería dels miralls, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Galería dels miralls

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$1,149

Print, Abstract in blue, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Abstract in blue

Print . 55 x 38 x 1 cm Print . 21.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$907

Print, Composition 4, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition 4

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Signos submarinos, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Signos submarinos

Print . 90 x 63 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.8 inch

$1,355

Print, Composition 3, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition 3

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Barcelona 9, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 9

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$605

Print, Juego de signos, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Juego de signos

Print . 90 x 63 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.8 inch

$1,355

Print, Primavera 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Primavera 1

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Recommended by Artsper
Print, Circ 3, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Circ 3

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$726

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Print, Composition 2, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition 2

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition 1

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0.4 inch

$726

Print, Composition bleue 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition bleue 1

Print . 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Print . 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$725

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Print . 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Print . 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Print . 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Composition bleue 2, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition bleue 2

Print . 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$726

Print, Barris Extrems 7, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barris Extrems 7

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, Circ 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Circ 1

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$605

Print, El Taller 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

El Taller 1

Print . 57 x 77 cm Print . 22.4 x 30.3 inch

$726

Print, Gran 5, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Gran 5

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$726

Print, Gran 4, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Gran 4

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$726

Print, Gran 2, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Gran 2

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$726

Print, Primavera 4, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Primavera 4

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, Finestres 8, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Finestres 8

Print . 39 x 29 cm Print . 15.4 x 11.4 inch

$605

Print, Barris Extrems 7, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barris Extrems 7

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, Finestres 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Finestres 1

Print . 39 x 29 cm Print . 15.4 x 11.4 inch

$605

Print, Finestres 7, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Finestres 7

Print . 29 x 39 cm Print . 11.4 x 15.4 inch

$605

Print, Barris Extrems 4, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barris Extrems 4

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, Barris Extrems 1, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barris Extrems 1

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, La Tardor 8, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

La Tardor 8

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, La Tardor 3, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

La Tardor 3

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

Print, Barcelona 8, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 8

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$726

Print, Barcelona 6, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 6

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$726

Print, Barcelona 3, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Barcelona 3

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

$726

Print, Circ 6, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Circ 6

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$605

Print, Circ 4, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Circ 4

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$605

Print, Circ 2, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Circ 2

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

$726

Print, Taula 9, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Taula 9

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

Sold

Print, Taula 8, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Taula 8

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

Sold

Print, Taula 7, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Taula 7

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

Sold

Print, Taula 5, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Taula 5

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

$605

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