140 - VICENTE OLIVER ARASANZ (Barcelona, 1896–1970).

VICENTE OLIVER ARASANZ (Barcelona, 1896–1970). “Cala els Burros, Lloret de Mar,” 1959. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. Measurements: 38 x 46 cm; 50 x 58 cm (frame). Provenance: Estate of Ramon Martí Alsina and Ricard Martí Aguiló. Artistic and heritage collection originating in the legacy of Catalan painters Ramon Martí Alsina (1826–1894), a seminal figure of 19th-century Catalan Realism, and his son Ricard Martí Aguiló (1857–1935). Passed down and enriched across successive generations, the collection brings together works from the original holdings of both artists alongside acquisitions made by their descendants. Dedicated to preserving and recovering the family legacy, the descendants actively reacquired works by the painters as they entered the market, progressively expanding the collection to encompass paintings, sculptures, archaeological artifacts, and other items of artistic and historical significance. Vicente Oliver trained in Barcelona at the Escuela de La Lonja, where he studied under Gelabert. He did not hold his first solo exhibition until 1940, in Barcelona, followed by exhibitions at the Eureka galleries in Madrid and La Pinacoteca in Barcelona (1964), as well as in Florida (United States) in 1960. In 1978, the Padró Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of his work. Vicente Oliver’s artistic language evolved from a well-executed academic style to the very limits of abstraction, passing through an Impressionist period and a phase of intense chromatic exuberance. Although he worked in various genres, he was particularly noted for his depictions of underwater landscapes.