Ramón Moscardó

RAMÓN MOSCARDÓ FERNÁNDEZ (Barcelona, 1953).
"Costume store".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 99 x 98 cm; 111 x 112 cm (frame).

Ramón Moscardó studied in his native Barcelona, in the Superior School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi and in the one of La Lonja. In 1971 he received the Santiago Barceló prize in the competition for young painters organized by the Sala Parés, a competition in which he won first prize in 1975. Moscardó has also been awarded in the "El Correo Catalán" Young Painting Contest, where he won the First Prize in 1972 and 1973, the Ybarra Special Prize in 1972 and the Third Prize in 1975. He also works in engraving and illustration, and has held individual exhibitions of his work both in Spain and abroad, as evidenced by the exhibitions held at the D.J. Lester Fine Arts in Los Angeles (1984) and the Kwai Fine Arts in Hong Kong (1996). In addition, he has participated in group exhibitions such as "The new impressionists" (The Brentwood Portfolio, Los Angeles, 1978), at the I.G.I. in Chicago (1990), Art Asia in Hong Kong (1994), Claire Oliver Fine Art Stuart in Florida (1994), Davis Messum Fine Art in London (1997-98) and several organized by the Sala Parés, where he has exhibited regularly on an individual basis since 1978. The artist himself describes himself as a painter "of towns and people". In his urban landscapes, interiors and diverse environments, he displays to the maximum his intuitive capacity and his acute sense of capturing the environment. His paintings mainly portray scenes of everyday life: bars and terraces full of people, corners of the Gothic quarter of Barcelona, streets with passers-by and beaches at night. His painting, based on a language of agile strokes and spots of color, offers us renewed visions of reality. Moscardó is currently represented in the Col-lecció Testimoni de La Caixa (Barcelona), as well as in various private collections.