Carlos Nadal, Pont de Ville
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 PONT DE VILLE signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled, signed and
1980s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Carlos Nadal, Pont de Ville
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 PONT DE VILLE signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled, signed and
Oil, Canvas
$66,950
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in
Salon Rojo by Carlos Nadal - Figurative painting, oil on canvas, Modern art
By Carlos Nadal
Located in London, GB
Salon Rojo by Carlos Nadal (1917-1998) Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm (35 x 45 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower
Canvas, Oil
$18,992
H 25.5 in W 30 in
La Mer du Nord - Fauvist Figures in Landscape Oil Painting by Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, Santiago Nadal (died 1932) had a commercial design studio, where Carlos not only learned to paint, but met
Canvas, Oil
Carlos Nadal Works on Paper and an English Perspective (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
collectors and researchers in their quest to identify the works of Carlos Nadal.
Paper
$2,600
H 30 in W 21 in
Large French Naive Oil Painting Jacques Boeri Fauvist Color Surrealist Fantasy
Located in Surfside, FL
Claude Gaveau, Jean-Pierre Serrier, Marie Deloume, Frédérique Giusti and Carlos Nadal. Exhibitions
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable
H 11.03 in W 13.78 in
No title, Carlos Nadal, 20th century, Original on paper
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Calella de Palafrugell, Girona
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 signed Nadal oil on paper Measures: 28 x 35 cm PROVENANCE
Paper, Oil
“Manchester Cathedral”
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Knutsford, GB
– Carlos Nadal. Signed: "Nadal", lower right Further Information: Born in Paris in 1917 to
Mixed Media, Paper
Sold
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in
"Casino", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 CASINO signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled "CASINO" (on the
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 25.2 in W 31.89 in
"Fête Nautique", 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 signed Nadal (lower right) signed again & titled FÊTE NAUTIQUE
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 25.6 in W 21.26 in
"Les Courses", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 LES COURSES signed & dated "Nadal, 80´" (lower right) signed
Canvas, Oil
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H 18.51 in W 22.05 in
"Regates" 1983, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 REGATES, 1983 signed Nadal (lower right) signed again, titled
Canvas, Oil
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H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
"Ostende" Belgium, 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 OSTENDE signed & dated Nadal 77 (lower right) signed again
Canvas, Oil
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H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
"La Colection", 20th Century Acrylic on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 LA COLECTION signed & titled "LA COLECTION, Nadal" (on the
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 9.45 in W 11.62 in
"Pueblo de Normandia", 20th Century Acrylic on Paper by Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1988 PUEBLO DE NORMANDIA signed & dated "Nadal / 5-2-79" (lower right
Acrylic
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in
"Teatro Comedor", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 TEATRO COMEDOR signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled & dated
Oil, Cardboard
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in
"Bord de Mer", 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 BORD DE MER signed Nadal (lower right) signed again & titled BORD
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 14.97 in W 18.12 in
"La Plage", 20th Century Mixed Media on Canvas by Spanish Artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 LA PLAGE signed "Nadal" (lower right) mixed media on canvas 15 x
Canvas, Mixed Media
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in
"Beach with Coastal Town", 20th Century Mixed Media on Canvas by Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 BEACH WITH COASTAL TOWN signed "Nadal" (lower right) with the
Canvas, Mixed Media
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H 18.12 in W 21.66 in
"Mer de Lumière", 20th Century Acrylic on Canvas by Spanish Artist, Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 MER DE LUMIÈRE signed "Nadal" (lower right), titled and signed
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 19.69 in W 25.6 in
"Playa 50", 20th Century Oil on Canvas depicting a Beach Scene by Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 PLAYA 50 signed and dated "Nadal, 50" (lower right) With
Canvas, Oil
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H 16.15 in W 13 in
"La Mer", 20th Century oil on paper laid on canvas by Spanish artist Carlos Nadal
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 LA MER signed Nadal (lower right) signed again & titled La mer
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Pleine Lumiere
By Carlos Nadal
Located in London, GB
Carlos NADAL (1917-1998) Pleine Lumiere Signed 'cNadal' (lower right); signed, dated and
Oil
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
Sold|$1,490
H 12.21 in W 15.16 in
Follower of Janus la Cour – Danish Sunset Landscape, Oil on board
By Janus La Cour
Located in Stockholm, SE
A poetic landscape by a follower of Janus la Cour, this intimate painting likely depicts a Danish countryside at sunset. The composition is suffused with a delicate, fading light, so...
Board, Oil
$34,498
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$3,294
H 50.4 in W 53.15 in D 18.31 in
Vintage 1960s Danish Brutalist Chevron Oak Cabinet, Style of Henning Kjærnulf
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
This exceptional Danish modern brutalist cabinet, dating from the 1960s, is in the style of renowned designer Henning Kjærnulf. This oak piece features his signature geometric, relie...
Oak
Flos Bilboquet Table Lamp of Polycarbonate and Steel in Tomato Color
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flos Bilboquet Table Lamp of Polycarbonate and Steel in Tomato Color by Philippe Malouin Table lamp with adjustable head. Integrated LED bulb and cut-off providing direct lighting ....
Steel
Sold|$20,758
H 24.81 in W 37.41 in D 37.41 in
Rare modular Voyage Immobile ‘Carpe Diem’ sofa by Studio Roche Bobois France
By Roche Bobois
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Roche Bobois Voyage Immobile Discontinued Modular Sofa Textured Nomadic Fabric Modular Lounge System from the Les Voyages Collection An extraordinary modular sofa from the Voyage Im...
Fabric
Anden I Opaline Acrylic Table Lamp by Studio Orbeat
Located in Geneve, CH
Anden I Opaline Acrylic Table Lamp by Studio Orbeat Dimensions: W 30 x D 30 x H 12 cm Materials: opaline acrylic, bronze, bulit in dimmer switch and warm LED light. Fittings also av...
Bronze, Other
$395,000
H 89 in W 22 in
Late 19th Century Pair of Bronze Atlas Sculptures with Globe & Armillary Sphere
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This pair of bronze sculptures of Atlas with Globe & Armillary Sphere are of high cast quality. Pairs have sold for over 700,000 Euro. Their condition is excellent for age and has ve...
Bronze
$297,613
H 7.52 in W 5.12 in
Studies of the Galli Statue and Ignudo, Ink on Paper, 16th Century
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Florentine School, early 16th century Studies of the Galli Statue and of an Ignudo Pen and brown ink on laid paper 19.1 × 13 cm Executed c. 1510–1520 Unsigned This remarkable doub...
Ink
$22,007
H 31.89 in W 25.6 in D 0.4 in
18th century French Old Master Portrait of a woman in oriental costume
Located in Aartselaar, BE
French 18th century old master portrait of a majestic lady dressed "à la Turque" The sitter at the viewer with a kind and enigmatic smile and twinkling eyes. She looks elegant and ...
Canvas, Oil
Petit-Monsigny Art Deco Ibis Sculpture Table Lamp, 1920
By A. Petit Monsigny
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Table Lamp by Adolphe Petit-Monsigny, circa 1920. An exceptional French Art Deco table lamp, circa 1920, showcasing a stunning bronze sculpture by th...
Alabaster, Bronze
$125,000
H 42.52 in W 27.56 in D 22.84 in
Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object
Located in London, GB
A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different variety of purple tones. Also disp...
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios large table lamp that is illustrated in Al...
Bronze
Untitled by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sam Francis 1923-1994 American Untitled Signed and dated "Sam Francis 1965" (en verso) Oil on canvas This striking painting hails from the renowned Edge Paintings series by impor...
Oil
Carlos Nadal was born in Paris in 1917. Within four years, his family moved to Barcelona.
Nadal’s father owned a commercial design workshop. There he began to work as an apprentice and learned to paint in his early teens. He took art classes at a school on Barcelona’s Calle Caspe. In 1935 Nadal won three awards, including an award from the Watercolors Association of Barcelona, the Mural Composition Count Lavern and the Masriera prize. A year later, Nadal received a scholarship from the Barcelona City Council and because of which he was able to attend the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.
Nadal exhibited for the first time in a collective exhibition at the Galeries Dalmau in 1941, and he had his first solo exhibition at La Pinacoteca in Barcelona in 1944. In 1946 the Barcelona City Council again granted him a scholarship to continue his education in Paris at École des Beaux-Arts. In the French capital, he took part in the Autumn Salons.
In 1948 Nadal married the Belgian sculptor Flore Joris and moved to live in Belgium. Here, he stated that he discovered the effects of light on painting and the use of color that would already be a distinctive sign of his work. The influence of Fauvism on Nadal’s paintings was remarkably clear. There was continuous success for the artist in Belgium and he remained very active, exhibiting there as well as in France, Spain, Amsterdam and the United States. His subjects were varied and included beaches, urban landscapes, natural landscapes, seascapes and more.
In 1954 Nadal exhibited with great success at Kunstverein Düsseldorf and at the Royal Academy in London, and won the painting prize at the International SPA Contest. During the same year, he met Pablo Picasso on the Côte d'Azur and began a great friendship with the artist. Nadal’s work can be found in the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, the Royal Museum of Brussels and more.
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(Biography provided by Galeria Luis Carvajal)
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
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