Carlos Nadal, (1917-1998)
La plage, c, 1982
Oil and acrylic on canvas
46 x 55.5 cm., 18 1/8 x 21 7/8 in.
Private collection
Carlos Nadal (24 April 1917 – 6 June 1998) was
a Spanish painter of the Fauvist school
Nadal was
born in Paris on 24 April 1917, but moved to Barcelona in 1921. His father,
Santiago Nadal had a commercial design studio, where Carlos learnt to paint,
and met modern artists including Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Maurice Utrillo.
Nadal
studied at the School of Arts and Crafts and the Senior Fine Art Academy of St
George, both in Barcelona. He was conscripted into the Spanish Republican Army
and fought in the Spanish Civil War, including imprisonment and escape from a
concentration camp, before finally returning to his art studies.
Nadal was
particularly influenced by Henri Matisse whom he met as a child, and Georges
Braque who was a close acquaintance in the 1940s, and maintained a love of the
Fauvist style.
His first
solo exhibition was in 1942 at La Pinacoteca in Barcelona. His early work was
mainly of scenes in Spain or Belgium but when established as a successful
artist he travelled extensively, making paintings which often featured modes of
transport as well as leisure scenes.
On 1 December 1948 he married Flore Augusta Zoe Joris a
Belgian sculptor, moving with her to Brussels in 1949. In 1958. They moved
residence between Brussels and Barcelona. He died in Barcelona on 6 June
1998. More
on Carlos Nadal
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