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MARIANO ANDREU ESTANY (Mataró, Barcelona, 1888 - Biarritz, France, 1976). "Still life and figure", 1932. Oil on táblex. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 23 x 26 cm; 54 x 62 cm (frame). Mariano Andreu explored the plastic and conceptual possibilities of a modern classicism of Mediterranean nature. Here, in the foreground, he has developed a still life of summer fruits and fresh wines in which each element is outlined with shapes and colors enclosed within themselves, so that the whole seems to derive in a visual collage. In the background, a young ephebe adopts a graceful posture that emphasizes the gracefulness of his anatomy, resolved with curved strokes and synthetic will. A certain timeless and mythical cadence envelops the scene, as is usual in the compositions of the artist, who draws from multiple sources and periods, from the Renaissance to Fauvism. Painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, decorator and set designer, Mariano Andreu began his career in the art world attracted by the plastic arts of the spectacle. Mainly self-taught, he sporadically attended Francesc A. Galí's academy. He studied in London at the Municipal School of Arts & Crafts, where he was fascinated by the style of Aubrey Beardsley and by Pre-Raphaelite painting. On his return to Barcelona he joined the Decadentist group, the first manifestation of Noucentisme. In 1911 Andreu exhibited his work for the first time in a group exhibition organized at the Faianç Català. The following year he settled in Paris, a city where he was always a great success with critics and the public, although he returned intermittently to Barcelona. Later he travels to Italy to study the works of the Renaissance, a fact that will definitively mark his work. He held several exhibitions in Barcelona, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Brussels, New York, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. He is represented in the Museums of Theater and Contemporary Art of Barcelona, as well as in various public and private international entities.

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MARIANO ANDREU ESTANY (Mataró, Barcelona, 1888 - Biarritz, France, 1976). "Still life and figure", 1932. Oil on táblex. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 23 x 26 cm; 54 x 62 cm (frame). Mariano Andreu explored the plastic and conceptual possibilities of a modern classicism of Mediterranean nature. Here, in the foreground, he has developed a still life of summer fruits and fresh wines in which each element is outlined with shapes and colors enclosed within themselves, so that the whole seems to derive in a visual collage. In the background, a young ephebe adopts a graceful posture that emphasizes the gracefulness of his anatomy, resolved with curved strokes and synthetic will. A certain timeless and mythical cadence envelops the scene, as is usual in the compositions of the artist, who draws from multiple sources and periods, from the Renaissance to Fauvism. Painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, decorator and set designer, Mariano Andreu began his career in the art world attracted by the plastic arts of the spectacle. Mainly self-taught, he sporadically attended Francesc A. Galí's academy. He studied in London at the Municipal School of Arts & Crafts, where he was fascinated by the style of Aubrey Beardsley and by Pre-Raphaelite painting. On his return to Barcelona he joined the Decadentist group, the first manifestation of Noucentisme. In 1911 Andreu exhibited his work for the first time in a group exhibition organized at the Faianç Català. The following year he settled in Paris, a city where he was always a great success with critics and the public, although he returned intermittently to Barcelona. Later he travels to Italy to study the works of the Renaissance, a fact that will definitively mark his work. He held several exhibitions in Barcelona, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Brussels, New York, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. He is represented in the Museums of Theater and Contemporary Art of Barcelona, as well as in various public and private international entities.

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