Emilio GRAU-SALA (1911-1975) - The birth, original signed engraving
The birth
Engraving on Vellum
Signed in pencil bottom right
Card signed on the inside (see photo)
Numbered out of /250 copies
25 x 16 cm
Very good condition, slight handling marks
Copy bearing the number 1, rare and sought after
Dimensions :
- Height : 25 cm
- Width : 16 cm
Emilio Grau-Sala :
(1911-1975) is a painter, decorator and catalan illustrator born in Barcelona in 1911. After his studies at Barcelona School of Fine-Arts, he settled in Paris in 1932. The artist exhibited in prestigious salons and joined the Maurice Boitel's group in the "Salon Comparaisons". He realized many exhibitions across the world, Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, London, Buenos Aires, New-York. Yet sensibly marked by impressionism his works show a very personal and unique style.
Grau Sala also illustrated several litterary works such as Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal", Flaubert's "Madame Bovary", Maupassant's "Bel-Ami", or Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu". He created as well costumes and sets (restaurants, liners, theaters). He died in Barcelona in 1975.
