Ramon Sanvisens

Ramon Sanvisens. Self-portrait sketch, 1983

Ramon Sanvisens i Marfull (born March 18, 1917 in Barcelona , † March 1, 1987 ibid) was a Spanish painter . Above all, he created acrylic and oil paintings on canvas.

biography

In 1933 he joined the Escola d'Arts i Oficis del Clot art school , where he became a student of Domènec Soler . Two years later he switched to the Llotja de Barcelona art school , where Pablo Picasso was also active. He was one of the students of Miquel-Lluís Muntané . During the Spanish Civil War he was called up to the front.

He later enrolled at the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi , where he was a student of Monreal and Tejada, Miquel Farré, Ernest Santasusagna, Pérez Dolz, Francesc Labarta and Enric Monjo.

In 1944 he had his first own exhibition in the Galeria Españolas de Barcelona, ​​and from 1945 lived in Paris, where he studied the works of Vincent van Gogh , Paul Cézanne , Paul Gauguin and Bonnard. In Holland he studied Rembrandt van Rijn , Jan Vermeer and Franz Hals . With his work, he bridges the gap between the post-modern style and Catalan painting of the second half of the 20th century.

As an artist and teacher, he founded the "Sanvisens" art school in 1949. In 1957 he was appointed professor of painting at the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi . In 1965 he was given the position of Professor Auxiliar Numerari ('Privatdozent') and in 1971 became secretary. The first symptoms of a chronic illness appeared.

Four years later, due to an exacerbation of an eye condition in his left eye, he resigned from all duties and moved to Madrid . In the early hours of March 1, 1987, he died in the Sant Josep Clinic [Center Blauclínic Sant Josep Oriol] in Barcelona.

Works (selection)

• Autorretrat (1971, 45 × 32, oil on canvas)
• La Carretera
• Perdiu i tords (1975)
• Dia lluvioso (1978, 60 × 73, oil on canvas)
• Paisatge. La mare de Déu de la Roca, Montroig (1983, 90 × 116, oil on canvas)
• Collita d'olives (1984, 89 × 116, oil on canvas)