ALBERT RÀFOLS CASAMADA (Barcelona, 1923 - 2009).Untitled, 1982.Silkscreen on paper, copy 98/99.Signed, dated and justified in pencil.Measurements: 76 x 56 cm.A painter and graphic artist, Ràfols Casamada today enjoys great international prestige. He began studying architecture, but soon abandoned it to devote himself to the plastic arts. In 1950 he obtained a grant to travel to France, and settled in Paris until 1954. There he became acquainted with post-Cubist figurative painting, as well as with the work of Picasso, Matisse, Braque and Miró, among others. These influences were combined in his painting with that of American abstract expressionism, which was developing at the same time. When he finally returned to Barcelona, he embarked on his own artistic path, with a style characterised by compositional elegance, based on orthogonal structures combined with an emotive and luminous chromaticism. He has received numerous awards, such as the National Plastic Arts National Prize, the Creu de Sant Jordi and the CEOE Arts Prize. He was also named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France. His work can be found in the most important museums around the world: the Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Guggenheim and MOMA in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, the Picasso Museum in France, the Georges Pompidou in Paris and the British Museum and the Tate Gallery in London, among many others.