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Albert Ràfols-Casamada (2 February 1923 – 17 December 2009) was a Catalan painter, poet and art teacher involved in the vanguard movements of his time. He is considered one of the most important, multifaceted Catalan artists of his time.〔(Brief biography of Albert Ràfols-Casamada ) at the MACBA website〕 His artwork began in the post-expressionist, figurative sphere but soon developed into his own abstract style grounded in a poetic rendering of everyday reality.〔(Biography of Albert Ràfols-Casamada ) at the website of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Writers in the Catalan Language) – in Catalan.〕〔Planas Camps, Ricard. "Ràfols-Casamada, desapareix l'abstracció poètica del blau", ''Bonart'' magazine (), No. 123, January 2010, p. 67. ISSN 1885-4389 (in Catalan).〕 == Biography == Albert Ràfols-Casamada was born in 1923 in the Barcelonese neighborhood of Gràcia, to the painter Albert Ràfols i Cullerés and to Josefina Casamada i Oliver.〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada (catalogue to the retrospective at the MACBA and IVAM), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona / Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2001, Biography by Núria Casellas, p. 183 (in Catalan, with version in English on p.224. Edition also available in Spanish).〕〔("Ràfols-Casamada: Espacios de Luz" ) in Convocatòria de prensa, Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, 3 December 2007, p. 3 (in Spanish).〕 Ràfols-Casamada began studying architecture at the University of Barcelona (1942–44), but by 1948, he had definitively decided on quitting his architecture studies to take up painting professionally.〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada (catalogue to the retrospective at the MACBA and IVAM), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona / Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2001, Biography by Núria Casellas, p. 183 & 185 (in Catalan, with version in English on p. 225. Edition also available in Spanish).〕 He began exhibiting his artwork in 1946 at the Sala Pictòria in Barcelona, in a group exhibit of the artists' collective ''Els Vuit'' ("The Eight", comprised by the poet Jordi Sarsanedas, the sculptor Miquel Gusils, the musician Joan Comellas and the painters Joan Palà, Maria Girona, Ricardo Lorenzo, Vicenç Rossell and himself) and he continued to exhibit regularly from then until his death. Indeed, the very following year at the same gallery, he already had his first individual exhibit. He received a scholarship from the French government to study art in Paris in 1950, together with his future wife, the painter Maria Girona, and other Catalan artists such as Josep Guinovart, Antoni Tàpies and Xavier Valls, and spent most of the next 4 years there before returning to Catalonia. He exhibited widely throughout Europe and North and South America. In 2001, his work was the object of a retrospective at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and the Valencian Institute of Modern Art,〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada (catalogue to the retrospective at the MACBA and IVAM), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona / Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2001 (in Catalan, Spanish and English)〕 and he also received a tribute at the National Museum of Catalan Art in 2009.〔(La Revista, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya ), No. 7, December 2009, p.8 (in Catalan)〕〔("Homenaje al pintor Albert Ràfols-Casamada en el MNAC" ), ''El País'', 22 October 2009 (in Spanish).〕〔("Homenatge a Rafols-Casamada al MNAC" ), article in ''Artneutre?'' (in Catalan)〕 He began writing poetry in 1939,〔(Information on published works by Albert Ràfols-Casamada ) at the website of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Writers in the Catalan Language)〕 writing in parallel to his art activities, and began publishing in 1972, when the limited-edition volume, ''Com una capsa'', came out.〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada: ''Signe d'aire. Obra poètica 1968–1978'', Llibres del Mall, Curial, Barcelona, 1976, jacket.〕 In 1976, the anthology ''Signe d'aire. Obra poètica 1968–1978'' came out to great critical acclaim.〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada (catalogue to the retrospective at the MACBA and IVAM), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona / Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2001, Biography by Núria Casellas, p. 190 (in Catalan, with version in English on p. 227. Edition also available in Spanish).〕 He continued publishing his poetry until the year 2004, when the last volume, ''Dimensions del present (2001–2004)'' (Vic: Eumo / Barcelona: Cafè Central) came out.〔(Information on published works by Albert Ràfols-Casamada ) at the website of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (Association of Writers in the Catalan Language)〕 In 1952, he married the Catalan painter Maria Girona Benet, whom he had met in 1945 at the Tàrrega Art School (Acadèmia de dibuix Tàrrega) in Barcelona, where he began studying art. In 1967, together with Girona and other Catalan intellectuals, he co-founded the art and design school EINA – in the Bauhaus tradition – in Barcelona, which he directed for 17 years.〔Albert Ràfols-Casamada (catalogue to the retrospective at the MACBA and IVAM), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona / Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, 2001, Biography by Núria Casellas, p. 185-186, in Catalan, Spanish and English.〕〔J.F. Yvars and Christian Barranco, "El sencillo entusiasmo del rigor. Maria Girona y Albert Ràfols-Casamada", in ''Maria Girona y Albert Ràfols-Casamada, afinidades compartidas. Pinturas y Dibujos''. Galería I Leonarte, Valencia, 2004, p. 7 & 9 (in Spanish).〕 He also taught art there and in other places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Ràfols-Casamada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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