Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Artist Calo Carratalá takes a contemporary view of nature in his stirring large-format drawings and landscape paintings. He maintains that we don't view it the way we once did and, in contrast to the way that Renaissance painters saw landscapes as depictions of places that had yet to be discovered, Carratalá sees the natural world as something to be protected and not merely admired.
From his snow-topped cabins hidden deep in the woods to sunlit tropical beaches, Carratalá’s scenes are wholly inviting for viewers. Each of his paintings reflects the majesty of nature and gives us a sense of its innate significance.
Carratalá was born and raised in Spain and began painting when he was very young. In 1980, he began his art studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia and finished his studies in 2000 at the Spanish Academy in Rome.
Carratalá made a name for himself in the art world over the subsequent few years, securing many commissions and showing in numerous galleries around Spain and greater Europe. In 2010, he received a request from the city of Alicante in his native country to show his work at a metro station. In 2019, he exhibited his art at Museo del Ruso in Alarcón.
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite, Wood
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
2010s American Impressionist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Fauvist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Realist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pen, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Realist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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1930s Art Nouveau Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Cardboard
Early 19th Century Realist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite
1960s Post-Impressionist Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Metal
Early 19th Century Old Masters Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
1970s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Color Pencil
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil