Joaquín Michavila was a prominent representative of Valencian abstraction. He was born and lived in Valencia until 1966. Michavila was part of the groups Los Siete, Parpalló and Artes del Arte. He began his career seeking his own language, and from 1960 on he developed a language framed within constructivism.

A decade later he focused on the evocation of the landscapes of his youth through abstraction, and around 1990 he began to approach gloomy, with works marked by the contrast of light and shadow. At the beginning of the 21st century, Michavila began a new stage with a production of acrylics generically titled “Contrapunto”.

Throughout his career, Michavila held exhibitions throughout Spain, as well as in Rome, ...