Rafael Canogar (1935) - Iberoaméricana

Rafael Canogar. "Iberoamerica". Technique: Lithography
Support: Canson paper edition 320 grams
Dimensions: 100 x 70 cm
Edition: 99 copies (regular edition)
B.A.T.: 1 P/A: 10 (roman) H.C.: 10 (roman) P/T: 5 (arab)

1. Rafael Canogar (Toledo, 1935) is a living titan and a leading figure of European contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
2. Founder in 1957 of the legendary group El Paso, he led the informalist vanguard and opened Spanish art to the world.
3. His meteoric global rise came in 1960 with exhibitions in New York’s temples of modern art: MoMA and the Guggenheim.
4. He achieved triumph and was a stellar protagonist at the prestigious Venice Biennale, where he was recognized and granted a special room of his own.
5. His international career includes important distinctions at global events, such as the award at the 1971 São Paulo Biennale.
6. An undisputed pioneer of material painting, he fused the radicality of gesture with dramatic and social intensity.
7. Awarded the National Prize for Plastic Arts (1982) and the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts of Spain.
8. Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, he embodies the bridge between modernity and cult academicism.
9. His work hangs in the halls of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
10. His signature is part of key worldwide collections such as the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Rome and Turin.
11. He has his own museum and permanent headquarters in Toledo: the Rafael Canogar Space, in the historic Roca Tarpeya complex.
12. The technical mastery of his reliefs, textures and graphic work places his creations among the most coveted in the secondary market.
13. Indispensable in any historical avant-garde collection alongside references such as Antonio Saura, Manolo Millares or Antoni Tàpies.
14. An uncontestable icon whose market value and historical relevance remain fully current and in constant revaluation.