Emilio Grau Sala Landscape Paintings

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 RUE DE PARIS signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) oil on canvas 24 x 19-3/4 inches (61 x 50 cm.) framed: 29-3/8 x 25-1/4 inches (74.5 x 64 cm.) PRO...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 JARDIN FAMILIAL signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) signed again, dated & titled "Grau Sala / 1974 / Jardin Familial" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 18-1/8 x 21-3/4 inches (46 x 55 cm.) framed: 25 x 28-1/2 inches (63.5 x 72.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Barcelona, Spain Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in "Sala Parés", Barcelona. His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents. In the years 1930-33 he had painted under the influence of Cubism, especially that of Torres García. It is from that time a painting of the port of Barcelona, ​​geometric and structural, which completely anticipated what would later be his work. His personality began fully painting watercolors and oils with a certain fantasy character, with a point of decorative instinct and themes full of naivety and grace. Romantic interiors, paddocks, port scenes, sailors, etc. Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. Mediterranean because his work has the color and light of that land. He understood and assimilated impressionist painting very well, and for that reason he was never subject to the modules of a formulist realism, nor the sexigencias of the forms. In Paris he found the best environment to give us a fruitful and intense work, because he could use the expressive potential of French art to enrich it. All this made him a very esteemed artist everywhere where his work was known. He was also very often required to illustrate books and publications in Paris. Also his posters were very successful. He painted a large number of subjects, but perhaps the theme of horse racing is where you can see in a very clear way the joyful and optimistic life that was lived at that time. In this fabric there is an explosion of juicy and vivid colors full of ingenuity and simplicity in its composition. Only a teacher could turn the complicated into something simple and beautiful. Before this work we feel a deep emotion, the emotion of before starting a horse race. Joy and nervousness at the same time. Especially since it is a direct emotion. There are no intermediaries between our eyes and what the work intends to tell us. This is precisely what seduces and catches us of this painting. His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 AVANT LA COURSE signed "Grau Sala" (lower left) signed again, titled, located & dated "GRAU SALA, AVANT LA COURSE...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOK signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) signed again, titled and dated "GRAU SALA, PADDOK, 1960" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 21-3/8 x 25-3/4...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 COURSES À DEAUVILLE signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) signed again and titled "Grau Sala, Courses à Deauville" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 2...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PLAGE DE DEAUVILLE, 1965 - 67 signed Grau Sala (lower right) signed again, located & dated "Grau Sala, Deauville, 1966 - 67" on the reverse oil ...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 L' ESTUAIRE DE LA SEINE, NORMANDIE signed Grau Sala (lower right) signed again, located, dated and titled "Grau Sala, Normandie, Honfleur 1966, ...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOCK AT DEAUVILLE, 1964 signed Grau Sala (lower left) signed again, dated and located "Grau Sala, 1964 Deauville", ( on the reverse ) oil o...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 MARÉE BASSE, HONFLEUR 1963 signed Grau Sala (lower left) signed again, and inscribed "Grau Sala, Honfleur 1963, Marée Basse" ( on the reverse )...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 SPRING IN BAGATELLE, PARIS signed "Grau Sala" (lower left) signed again, located and dated "GRAU SALA / Bagatelle 68 / PARIS” (on the reverse) oil on canvas 19-3/4 x 39-1/2 inches (50 x 100 cm.) framed: 26-3/4 x 46-1/4 (67.5 x 117 cm.) PROVENANCE Private French Collection Spring in Bagatelle, Paris In this work Grau Sala gives us to our sense of sight, a symphony in delicately painted greens and yellows, two different shades of greens dominate the entire work, while the yellows are subtle brushstrokes that combine with touches of intense red and vibrant on the grass. At the centre of this beautiful Parisian park view, the silhouettes of some chairs in red, very characteristic of Grau Sala. Through the trunks of the numerous trees, drawn with a very marked line, the artist is introducing us more and more into the landscape, which reflects his stillness and calm. Two lonely figures enjoy that spring and reflective environment Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in "Sala Parés", Barcelona. His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents. In the years 1930-33 he had painted under the influence of Cubism, especially that of Torres García. It is from that time a painting of the port of Barcelona, ​​geometric and structural, which completely anticipated what would later be his work. His personality began fully painting watercolors and oils with a certain fantasy character, with a point of decorative instinct and themes full of naivety and grace. Romantic interiors, paddocks, port scenes, sailors, etc. Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. Mediterranean because his work has the color and light of that land. He understood and assimilated impressionist painting very well, and for that reason he was never subject to the modules of a formulist realism, nor the sexigencias of the forms. In Paris he found the best environment to give us a fruitful and intense work, because he could use the expressive potential of French art to enrich it. All this made him a very esteemed artist everywhere where his work was known. He was also very often required to illustrate books and publications in Paris. Also his posters were very successful. He painted a large number of subjects, but perhaps the theme of horse racing is where you can see in a very clear way the joyful and optimistic life that was lived at that time. In this fabric there is an explosion of juicy and vivid colors full of ingenuity and simplicity in its composition. Only a teacher could turn the complicated into something simple and beautiful. Before this work we feel a deep emotion, the emotion of before starting a horse race. Joy and nervousness at the same time. Especially since it is a direct emotion. There are no intermediaries between our eyes and what the work intends to tell us. This is precisely what seduces and catches us of this painting. His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 HORSE RIDING IN AUTUMN signed "Grau Sala" (lower left) signed again, located and dated "GRAU SALA / PARIS 67” (on the reverse) oil on canvas 19...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 PADDOCK, 1967 signed & dated "Grau Sala, 67" (lower right) signed again, dated & titled "Grau Sala 67, Paddock", on the reverse oil on cardboar...