Simo Busom

SIMO BUSOM GRAU (Barcelona, 1927-2020).
"Rambla dels Cputxins, Liceu", 1993.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
With label of the Sala Parés on the back.
Measurements: 46 x 55 cm; 70 x 79 cm (frame).
Despite having studied with Joan Lahosa at the Baixas Academy in Barcelona, Busom can be considered a mainly self-taught artist. He works both in painting and engraving, and exhibits his work individually for the first time in 1959, at the Sala Vayreda in Barcelona. He continues to show his work in the following decades, mainly between Madrid and Barcelona, in galleries such as Parés in the latter city. As part of group exhibitions his work has also been shown in Paris (Grand Palais in 1979 and Drouant gallery in 1989) and Santo Domingo (1980). His works are currently in the most important collections in Spain, including the Reina Sofia Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Pontevedra, the Museum of Huesca and the Museum of Valls.