Manuel Bea

MANUEL BEA CERVERA (Barcelona, 1934 - Switzerland, 1997).
Untitled, 19912.
Mixed media on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 50 x 38 cm; 68 x 57 cm (frame).
Manuel Bea is currently a painter and sculptor of international renown. In 1960 he exhibited for the first time at the Haller gallery in Zurich, and two years later he returned to his hometown, where he held an exhibition at the Belarte gallery. His painting soon evolves from figuration to informalism, with elements of magical surrealism. He handles glazes, rubbings, canvases, with the idea of achieving greater plastic variety. He has also applied his refined technique to engraving and lithography. His language is mainly based on the creation of disturbing and poetic atmospheres at the same time. Since 1975 he has repeated his exhibitions in Spain, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. He is represented in the Glarus Museum in Nofels (Switzerland), as well as in various private collections.