Alvar Sunol Munoz Ramos
Spanish, b. 1935
Alvar Suñol Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, commonly known as Alvar, was born in 1935 in Montgat, Spain, a Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona. By the age of 17, he was accepted into the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona. In 1960, he moved to Paris and exhibited with other major Spanish artists including Picasso, Miró, and Dalí. Today, Alvar is recognized on an international platform for his exploration of the psychological and historical complexities of art-making and creation in relation to one’s environment and experiences. The examination of both interiors and exterior spaces place a significant role in all of Alvar’s works. Alvar strengthens his artistic vision through the use of various mediums including oil paintings, lithographs, watercolors, drawings, bronzes, and ceramic bas relief sculptures. His works can be found in the permanent collection of over fourteen museums worldwide and he has several public commissions around the world, including his most recent bronze sculpture created in honor of Catalan cellist Pablo Casals that is located in Paris, France. Additionally, Alvar has had three consecutive retrospectives since 2014. His first was hosted at Las Casa de Cultura (The Cultural Center) of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. One year later, Alvar had a second retrospective at the Castell de Benedormiens, in Castell d'Aro, Girona, Spain. Most recently, the Castell de Calonge in Girona, Spain recognized Alvar’s lengthy career from 1954 to 2016 with a retrospective titled, Una Vida Pintant (A Life of Painting).
Retrospectives 2016 Una Vida Pintant, 1954-2016, Castell de Calonge, Girona, Spain 2015 Passat i Present,1954-2015, Castell de Benedormiens, Girona, Spain Interiors, Museu de la Mediterrània, Torroella de Montgrí
2014 Alvar Suñol: Una antològica des del 1954-2014, Casa de Cultura de la Diputació de Girona, Girona Spain
Museum Shows 2009 Persistències: Exposicio de Dibuixos, Museo de Dibujo Julio Gabin, Castillo de Larrés, Huesca, Spain
2008 Inauguració de l’Escultura, “A Pau Casals” al carrer Pau Casals, Boulogne-Villencourt, Paris, France
2007 Alvar Suñol: Retrospectiva 1954-2008, Museu de Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
The Georgia Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Alvar: Contemporary Renaissance, A Retrospective, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA Alvar Suñol: A Retrospective, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL 2003 Realizació de l’escultura “Mediterrània” situada a la Plaça de les Mallorquines, Montgat, Montgat, Spain
2001 Alvar: Huellas en el tiempo, A Retrospective, Instituto Cervantes, Toulouse & Bordeaux, France Lithographs by Alvar, Retrospective, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 2000 Alvar: Empremptes en el temps, Abadia de Sant Miquel del Fai, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Heullas en el Timpo, Retrospective, Sala Moneo, Ayuntamiento de Logroño Heullas en el Timpo, Retrospective, Centro Cultural Ibercaja, Guadalajara 1997 Empremptes en el temps, Retrospective, Castell de Benedormiens, Castell d’Aro, Girona, Spain
1983 Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
1982 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City
1978 Musée Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpinyà(Biography provided by R Alexander Fine Art)
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Creator: Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
“La Paloma” Artwork Panel by Alvar Sunol, circa 1960
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
Located in Saint ouen, FR
“La Paloma” artwork panel by Alvar Sunol - Circa 1960
Brass plaque on wood
Signed
Measures: 60x60cm.
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Àlvar Suñol "Le Miracle Quotidien" Suite Color Lithograph "Intérieur Rêve"
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Àlvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos (Spanish, born 1935)
Intérieur Rêve (Interior Dream), late 20th century
Color lithograph on paper
Signed to the lower right margin
Artist proof edition numbered 14 of 25
From the artist’s Le Miracle Quotidien suite
Signed and numbered with pencil.
Measurements:
42 inches high x 34.50 inches wide x 1.50 inches projection from the wall.
Image only:
31 inches high x 23.50 inches wide.
Àlvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos was born on January 29, 1935, in a Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona. He started painting oils...
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1970's Alvar Sunol Abstract Lithograph Print Signed & Numbered Spanish Artist
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
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4 Alvar Sunol Renaixent Renaissance Embossed Surrealist Lithograph Prints
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
Located in Dayton, OH
Suite titled “Renaixant” (Renaissance) of four framed, original and embossed lithograph prints on Arches by Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos, pencil signed and numbered 122/185. circa 1977. Featuring surrealist scenes with gothic architecture and ghosts / angels / muses / musicians and doves.
Alvar is known for his technical expertise. He is passionate about his concept of el oficio, the commitment to his vocation and appreciation for the traditional artistic values bequeathed by the masters. Renaissance artists, especially Piero della Francesca, Vermeer and Balthus, are particularly admired by him. He views his work as an inheritance from and devotion to Catalonia, specifically Romanesque art, yet imbued with a modern sensibility. His themes, though varied, remain steadfast in their revelations about the human condition and complexities, about love and peace. Time is a prominent and recurring theme, referencing history and art history.
Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos was born on January 29, 1935, in Montgat, a Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast near Barcelona. He started painting oils at age twelve, and at age seventeen was accepted at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge, the prestigious fine art school in Barcelona. Before graduating from the Belles Artes, he gave his first solo ex- hibition at Galleries Layetana in Barcelona in 1957. Alvar also won the Bolsa de Viaje Alhambra de Granada, a summer scholarship study trip to Granada. At age 18, he entered a painting in a competition for the Young Painters Prize sponsored by the City of Barcelona. His painting won the grand prize, and it is now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.
Due to his early artistic successes, Alvar received many invitations for shows in other Spanish cities. During his military service, he submitted one of his canvases for the Institut Francais an- nual painting competition in Barcelona. The Institut Francais awarded him the grand prize and a scholarship to study in Paris. Alvar arrived in Paris to paint in 1959. He met Juan Fuentes, a fellow Spaniard and director of the prestigious Parisian Galerie Drouant. Fuentes encouraged Alvar in his painting and brought Alvar's first group of Paris oil paintings to the gallery. Fuentes' gallery sold the paintings in one week.
In 1960 Alvar returned to Barcelona to marry his childhood sweetheart, Rosella Berenguer. They returned to Paris and lived there for ten years.
Alvar's paintings were exhibited in the United States for the first time at the Monede Gallery, New York in 1962. Alvar produced his first original lithographs for a one-man show at Galerie Drouant in 1963.
Since a decisive solo exhibition in Paris in 1963, Alvar has exhibited regularly throughout Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan. For a comprehensive list of Alvar's museum and private exhibitions, please see the additional in- formation provided.
Alvar's hometown of Tiana hosts one of his permanent public installations. In September 2001, a commissioned mixed media mural by Alvar was unveiled. The mural reflects on the four seasons and is affixed to The Four Seasons Building, named in reference to Alvar's mural. In 2003, city officials in Montgat, Spain, commissioned Alvar to create another permanent public installation: an 18-foot sculpture titled Mediterranea dedicated to the city's personality and seaside character, which now stands in the newly opened Plaza de Mallorquines.
Perhaps one of the most prestigious honors Alvar has received was in 2006 when Restaura, a Spanish real...
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