Eduardo Arranz Bravo

EDUARDO ARRANZ BRAVO (Barcelona, 1941-Vallvidrera, Barcelona, 2023).
Untitled, 1979.
Mixed media on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 55 x 74,5 cm; 56 x 75,5 cm (frame).

Eduardo Arranz Bravo studied at the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi, in Barcelona, between 1959 and 1962. He made his individual debut in 1961, at the University Club of Barcelona, but the exhibition that made him known to the Barcelona critics was the one organized by the Ateneo of Barcelona in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970 he was part of the group formed by Gerard Sala, Robert Llimós and Rafael Lozano Bartolozzi. He continued to collaborate with the latter until 1982, alternating joint exhibitions with individual ones. The contact with these artists influenced his initially abstract style, which approached the new figuration and pop art. He has had exhibitions all over Spain, as well as in Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In 1983 he held an anthological exhibition of his work at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, and between 1986 and 1988 he was in charge of the artistic direction of Jaime Camino's films "El balcón abierto" and "Luces y sombras". He took part in the VIII Salón de Mayo in Barcelona and in the exhibitions "Muestra de Arte Nuevo" (Barcelona, 1971), "Picasso 90" (Louvre Museum, 1971), "Experiencias conceptuales" (Barcelona, 1971-72), among others. In 1989 he presented an exhibition of the work of his last three years at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, and an anthological exhibition at the Palau Robert in Barcelona. His awards include the II International Biennial of Sport, the figure award of the Biennial Estrada Saladich, and the Ynglada-Guillot drawing award. His work can be found in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Seville, the Museum of São Paulo and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.