Arranz-Bravo

Biography 1964-1980

?seeing image of Carme Mestres and Eduard Arranz-Bravo. Vallvidrera, 1964 (new window)
Carme Mestres and Eduard Arranz-Bravo. Vallvidrera, 1964.  
Amb els seus fills, Sergi i Natàlia?seeing image of With his childrens Sergi and Natàlia. Vallvidrera, 1966 (new window)
With his childrens Sergi and Natàlia. Vallvidrera, 1966.  
1964
He marries Carme Mestres, a painter who he met at the Fine Arts School.
Wins the Gran Premi and Medalla d'Or awards at the International Bienialle
In Ibiza.

1965
His son Sergi is born.
Various individual exhibitions in Ibiza, Saragossa and Barcelona.

1966
His daughter Natàlia is born.
Military service in the artillery.
The decisive “Nuevas Expresiones” (New Expressions) exhibition opens in the Sala
Gaspar of Barcelona.

1967
A radical change in his painting, creating a style which critics name “New Figuration”, a term he detests.
Awards from the Biennale Estrada Saladrich and the Biennale
of Sport.

1968
Various group exhibitions with Bartolozzi, Llimós and Gerard
Sala.
Receives the Inglada Guillot Award in the tenth year of the award.

1970-1980
He begins an intense ten-year period of artistic collaboration with Rafael Bartolozzi, with exhibitions, events, painted buildings, design and a series of highly diverse activities.
Noteworthy work; the exterior of the Tipel factory at Parets
del Vallès, the buildings at Magalluf and the house of Camilo José
Cela in Mallorca, the anthological exhibitions of La Ciudadela
of Pamplona and of the Architects’ College of Santa Cruz
de Tenerife, the exhibition “Mides Universals”, with 170 works,
at the Saló del Tinell at Barcelona and at the 39th Biennale of Venice,
the anthological exhibition at the Palau Solleric and at La Llotja
of Palma de Mallorca together with a series of individual exhibitions in numerous countries.
His friendship and artistic collaboration with Joan Ponç is also highly significant.

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?seeing image of To the right, Arranz-Bravo during the military service, 1966 (new window)
To the right, Arranz-Bravo during the military service, 1966.  
?seeing image of From left to right: Rafael Bartolozzi, Gerard Sala, Robert Llimós i Arranz-Bravo. Room Gaspar, Barcelona, 1968 (new window)
From left to right: Rafael Bartolozzi, Gerard Sala, Robert Llimós i Arranz-Bravo. Room Gaspar, Barcelona, 1968.  
?seeing image of From left to right: AB with Rafael Bartolozzi i Richard Hamilton. Cadaqués, 1974 (new window)
From left to right: AB with Rafael Bartolozzi i Richard Hamilton. Cadaqués, 1974.  

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