Artwork by Antoni Clavé, Papier froisse (1979)


about Antoni Clavé
Barcelona, 1913
Antoni Clavé (Barcelona, 1913 – Saint-Tropez, 2005) was a prominent Spanish painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. A pupil of Ángel Ferrant and Mongrell, he studied at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and began his professional career in film poster design. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile in France, where he joined the School of Paris.
His work is known for its expressive and colorful language, combining figurative and abstract elements, with a distinctive use of collage and texture that gives his paintings dynamism and depth.
In 1941, he opened his first studio in Montparnasse, and from 1949 he exhibited at the Paris Autumn Salon and the Society of Fine Arts. His work has received wide recognition: in 1978 the Musée National d’Art Moderne (now the Centre Georges Pompidou) held his first retrospective, and in 1984 the Spanish State honored him at the Venice Biennale and awarded him the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.


































































































