Manuel Bordallo

MANUEL BORDALLO SOLÉ (Barcelona, 1920 - 1996).
"Marina at dusk".
Watercolor on paper.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 50 x 68 cm; 72 x 92 cm (frame).

Painter, draftsman and engraver, Manuel Bordallo stood out especially for his landscapes in watercolor. He studied in Barcelona, in the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi, and made his individual debut in the Pallarés galleries of the same city, in 1947. Since then, his work has traveled throughout much of Spain. He also participated in group exhibitions both in our country and in Brussels, Paris, Marseilles and Mexico City. Throughout his career Bordallo was awarded on several occasions, and won the medals of honor and gold of the Agrupación de Acuarelistas de Cataluña, as well as the National Watercolor Prize. In 1993 he was awarded the prize of the magazine "El correo del arte", in Madrid. Bordallo gained great fame as a watercolorist, especially for his large-format marine paintings, which recreate the light of dawn over solitary, sometimes even dramatic, landscapes. He is currently represented in the Museum of Tossa de Mar and in the Museum of Watercolor in Llançà.