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1931 Terrassa - 2015 Barcelona. Known for: Cityscapes with many buildings, floral still life and landscape, treescapes.
RAFAEL DURAN BENET. Spanish, 1931–2015. Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean. The young Rafael Benet began... Read full biography
RAFAEL DURAN BENET. Spanish, 1931–2015. Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean. The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received... Read full biography
RAFAEL DURAN BENET. Spanish, 1931–2015. Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean. The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received influences in his characteristic chromatic conception, and the artists Manolo Hugué and Rafael Llmona. In the 50's he settled in Cadaqués, where his work acquired a marked Mediterranean character and... Read full biography
RAFAEL DURAN BENET. Spanish, 1931–2015. Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean. The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received influences in his characteristic chromatic conception, and the artists Manolo Hugué and Rafael Llmona. In the 50's he settled in Cadaqués, where his work acquired a marked Mediterranean character and where he treated artists like Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso. In 1958 he presented his first solo exhibition, in the Sala Vayreda in Barcelona. Then there would be thirty more, mainly in Barcelona (many in Sala Parés, to which he was... Read full biography
RAFAEL DURAN BENET. Spanish, 1931–2015. Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean. The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received influences in his characteristic chromatic conception, and the artists Manolo Hugué and Rafael Llmona. In the 50's he settled in Cadaqués, where his work acquired a marked Mediterranean character and where he treated artists like Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso. In 1958 he presented his first solo exhibition, in the Sala Vayreda in Barcelona. Then there would be thirty more, mainly in Barcelona (many in Sala Parés, to which he was linked all his life), Madrid and Cadaqués. In 2011, the City Council of his home city dedicated a retrospective in the... Read full biography
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RAFAEL DURAN BENET
Spanish, 1931–2015
Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean.
The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received influences in his characteristic chromatic conception, and the artists Manolo Hugué and Rafael Llmona.
In the 50's he settled in Cadaqués, where his work acquired a marked Mediterranean character and where he treated artists like Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso.
In 1958 he presented his first solo exhibition, in the Sala Vayreda in Barcelona. Then there would be thirty more, mainly in Barcelona (many in Sal...But wait, there's more...
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