Dolors Claret

DOLORS CLARET AYMERICH (Camprodon, 1918 – Olot, 2001).
"Female Figure."
Pencil on paper.
Signed.
Measurements: 33 x 23 cm; 48 x 37 cm (frame).

Dolors Claret y Aymerich, also known as Lola Claret or Mademoiselle Claret, was a Catalan draftswoman, painter, and sculptor. She became known in Catalonia particularly as a portraitist and painter. She was the daughter of the well-known sculptor Joaquim Claret i Vallès and, like her father, worked in the artists’ town of Olot. She took her first lessons in drawing and sculpture from her father. In 1939, the family returned to Catalonia due to the war and settled in Olot. She began drawing, sculpting, and painting portraits. She exhibited oil paintings for the first time alongside her father at the Girona Public Library. This was followed by exhibitions of drawings and watercolors in Camprodon and Olot. He also participated as an artist in the annual drawing fairs in Olot, Figueras, Manresa, and Camprodon. He painted portraits for numerous families.