José Beulas

JOSÉ BEULAS RECASENS (Santa Coloma de Farnés, Girona, 1921-2017).
"Landscape of Huesca", 1960.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 38 x 55 cm; 50.5 x 67 cm (frame).

In this work Beulas presents us with an arid landscape of sober composition, an earthy space taken from a high point of view that allows the painter to reflect the folds and irregularities of the terrain. Nature is not described by the painter, but reflected in the color, the atmosphere and the very texture of the pictorial layer.

Exceptional landscape painter, Beulas was trained at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de Madrid, where he was awarded a scholarship by the City Council and the Diputación de Huesca. In 1951 the School of San Fernando granted him the landscape scholarship of El Paular, and shortly after he was awarded the Marqués de Aledo Prize (1954) and the medal of the Salón de Otoño de Madrid (1955). Also around this time he participates in the Biennials of Barcelona and Venice, and then moves to Rome and enters the Spanish Academy in the city. He travels around Italy painting landscapes, reaching a mature style characterized by sobriety, the linear serenity of his landscapes, elegance and synthesis. Throughout his career, Beulas has won numerous awards, including the International Painting Alla Riva (Italy, 1959), the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona (1964) and the First Medal of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts (1967). He exhibited regularly both in Spain and abroad, making himself known in cities such as New York, Milan, Rome and Naples, among others. He is currently represented in the Reina Sofia Art Center, the Provincial Museums of Zaragoza, Malaga and Girona, the Fine Arts Museum of Valencia, the Drawing Museum of Larrés and many others.