Homage to Catalan Cellist Pau Casals! Alvar Homenaje a Pau Casals (Homage to Pablo Casals)

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Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, commonly known as Alvar, was born in 1935 in Montgat, Spain, a Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona.  By the age of 17, he was accepted into the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona.  In 1960, he moved to Paris and exhibited with other major Spanish artists including Picasso, Miró, and Dalí.  

Today, Alvar is recognized on an international platform for his exploration of the psychological and historical complexities of art-making and creation in relation to one’s environment and experiences.  The examination of both interiors and exterior spaces place a significant role in all of Alvar’s works.  Alvar strengthens his artistic vision through the use of various mediums including oil paintings, lithographs, watercolors, drawings, bronzes, and ceramic bas relief sculptures.  His works can be found in the permanent collection of over fourteen museums worldwide and he has several public commissions around the world, including his most recent bronze sculpture created in honor of Catalan cellist Pablo Casals that is located in Paris, France. 

Additionally, Alvar has had three consecutive retrospectives since 2014. His first was hosted at Las Casa de Cultura (The Cultural Center) of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.  One year later, Alvar had a second retrospective at the Castell de Benedormiens, in Castell d'Aro, Girona, Spain. Most recently, the Castell de Calonge in Girona, Spain recognized Alvar’s lengthy career from 1954 to 2016 with a retrospective titled, Una Vida Pintant (A Life of Painting).

Homenage a Pau Casals Lithograph: 

In 2006, a Spanish real estate and development company, which specialized in restoring historic buildings, began plans to renovate an avenue of older buildings in a suburb of Paris. Within the project they wanted to honor the late Pau Casals - famous Spanish born cellist and composer. 

Alvar Suñol, who like Casals, was born in Catalonia (Spain) and lived and worked in Paris for a number of years where he gained fame as an artist, was selected to create a sculpture to permanently memorialize Pau Casals. Approaching ten feet tall, the bronze monument weighs over 2,000 pounds. After creating the grand sculpture that depicts Casal’s arm floating over the body of a cello, Alvar was inspired to create a lithograph honoring the life and career of Casals.

This is an original limited-edition lithograph with embossing, created, signed and numbered by the artist.

Limited-edition has been printed on Arches paper and has been numbered. Edition size: 1/250 - 250/250