Carlos Leon - Artist Info

About Carlos Leon

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Carlos Leon Escudero
  • Biography

    Carlos Leon was born in Ceuta, Spain in 1948. After studying in Paris and in New York (Triangle Workshop) he moved back to Spain in 2002.

    His abstract compositions are recreations of gardens, landscapes, flesh, pain and pleasure. León finds in the abstract movement the key to his art; he doesn’t pretend to reproduce reality but transmit feelings and convert them into art. As the artist says: “abstraction is destined to suggest while the mission of the painter is to paint the effect produced by the subject

    His work combines the colors of details evidenced in classical art with abstract expressionism.

    His works are part of the most important private and public collections as well as museums...

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