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Calo Carratalá Art

Spanish, b. 1959

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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Artist: Calo Carratalá
Red Houses No. 3, Norway by Calo Carratala - snowy landscape painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses no.3, Norway by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá portrays a snowy landscape, typical of Norway, with a group of red houses at the foot of the mountain. Oil on w...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Narvik No. 2, Norway by Calo Carratala - snowy landscape painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Narvik No. 2, Norway by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá portrays a snowy landscape, typical of Norway, with a group of red houses at the foot of the mountain. Oil on wood...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Barcas en Bagamoyo IV - Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Barcas en Bagamoyo IV is an oil on canvas by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratala. This landscape painting takes the viewer to the coasts of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean, the...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Barcas en Bagamoyo II - Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Barcas en Bagamoyo II is an oil on canvas by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratala. This landscape painting takes the viewer to the coasts of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean, the...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Road to Baqueira, Snow series - Mountain Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on laminated wood, 38 x 58 cm. With a passion for travelling, Calo Carratalá has taken in myriad landscapes : from the Amazon to Colorado, the Alps and the Pyrenees and up to the forests of Norway. Armed with sketchbook the artist immortalises the sensations he obtains from these panoramas. Similar to the artists from the romantic period...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Marinas n°17 (Tanzania) - Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Marinas n°17, oil painting on wood panel by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. 22 cm × 35 cm. This landscape painting takes the viewer to the coasts of Tanzania on the India...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Trees in Baqueira, Snow series - Mountain Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on laminated wood, 29 x 50 cm. Sold framed (dimensions framed: 34 x 55 cm). With a passion for travelling, Calo Carratalá ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Pre-Pyrenees N1, Snow series - Mountain Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm. With a passion for travelling, Calo Carratalá has taken in myriad landscapes : from the Amazon to ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Selvas Negras No.11 By Calo Carratalá - Landscape drawing, Amazonia
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil on thick white paper, 120 cm × 162 cm. Selvas Negras No.11 is a large-scale drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish art...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Pencil, Paper

Baobab N1 by Calo Carratalá - work on paper, graphite drawing, sold framed
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Graphite on paper Arches 360 gr mounted on a wood frame. Artwork sold framed with a methacrylate box, 65 cm × 46 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valenci...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Graphite, Paper

Fisherman on the Marañon River by Calo Carratalá - work on paper
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Fisherman on the Marañon River is a drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. This piece of art portrays a man boating down the river Marañón - ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Paper, Pencil

Baobab N7 by Calo Carratalá - work on paper, graphite drawing, sold framed
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Graphite on paper Arches 360 gr mounted on a wood frame. Artwork sold framed with a methacrylate box, 46 cm × 65 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valenci...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Paper, Graphite

Manyara Lake No.4 by Calo Carratalá - Large Waterscape Painting, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Manyara Lake No.4, large-scale painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Acrylic on printed vinyl canvas mounted on wood frame, 200 cm × 317 cm. Calo Carratalá is a co...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Selvas Negras No.10 By Calo Carratalá - large landscape drawing, Amazonia
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil on wood, 203 cm × 213 cm. Selva Negra No.10 is a large-scale drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in V...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Wood Panel, Pencil

Vignel N3 by Calo Carratalá - Large Landscape Painting, Snowy mountain
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Vignel N3 is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 114 cm × 162 cm. With a passion for travelling, Calo Carratalá has taken in myriad landscapes ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Marinas by Calo Carratalá (set of 4) - Landscape Painting, seascape, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Set of 4 paintings from the ''Marinas'' series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil paintings on wood panel, 22 cm × 35 cm each. Dimensions of the installation as featu...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Benasque 1, Snow series - Large Mountain Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Benasque 1 (Snow series) is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 156 x 214 cm. This work of art represents a mountainous winter landscape in the P...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Baobab N5 by Calo Carratalá - work on paper, graphite drawing, sold framed
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Graphite on paper Arches 360 gr mounted on a wood frame. Artwork sold framed with a methacrylate box, 65 cm × 46 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valenci...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Paper, Graphite

Red Baobab by Calo Carratalá - Large drawing on wood (9.7 ft high)
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Conte pencil Sanguina on laminated wood. 293 cm × 295 cm // 9.6 ft x 9.7 ft. This series of drawings is inspired by the artist''s travel experience in Tanzania and focuses, as the ti...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Paper, Graphite

Barco en Dar Es Salam I - Landscape Painting, seascape, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Todo avanza hacia su final I, oil painting on canvas by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. 61 cm × 38 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valencia...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Marinas No. 3 by Calo Carratalá - Landscape Painting, seascape, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Marinas No. 3, oil painting on wood panel by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. 22 cm × 35 cm. This landscape painting takes the viewer to the coasts of Tanzania on the Indi...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Pucate River Reflection n°6 by Calo Carratalá - large waterscape painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pucate River Reflection n°6 is an oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 126 cm × 180 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Afternoon on the Amazon by Calo Carratalá - round painting, landscape, green
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Afternoon on the Amazon (2014), round oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas. Diameter: 120 cm. In the series ‘J...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Bosques Alpes N2 by Calo Carratalá - Large Landscape Painting, Snowy forest
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Bosques Alpes N2 is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 140 cm × 200 cm. With a passion for travelling, Calo Carratalá has taken in myriad land...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Rio Itaya no. 2, Jungle series - Tropical Forest Landscape
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil and charcoal on Arches 640gr paper, 101 cm × 151 cm. Sold framed. Rio Itaya No.2 is a drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, taken from the "Jungle" series. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Green Iron Jungles N3 by Calo Carratalá - round painting, landscape, green
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Green Iron Jungles N3 (2022), acrylic on iron, by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Diameter: 150 cm. In the series ‘Jungle’, Spanish artist Calo Carratalá shares his visio...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Iron

Working with a blue umbrella by Calo Carratalá - large waterscape painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Working with a blue umbrella is an oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 110 cm × 180 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mountain in Lyngen by Calo Carratalá - Large Mountain Landscape Painting, Norway
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Mountain in Lyngen is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 324 cm × 464 cm. Large-scale painting composed of 16 panels, 81 x 116 cm each. With a ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lake Manyara No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Large Waterscape Painting, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Lake Manyara No.2 is an oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 140 cm × 300 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valenci...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Todo avanza hacia su final V - Landscape Painting, seascape, Tanzania
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Todo avanza hacia su final V, oil painting on canvas by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. 140 cm × 200 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valenc...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Reflection n°6, Jungle series - Large Waterscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Reflection n°6 is an oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, taken from the "Jungle" series. Oil on canvas, 150 cm × 230 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spa...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Reflection n°5, Jungle series - Large Waterscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Reflection n°5 is an oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, taken from the "Jungle" series. This one-off work of art, signed by the artist, is of a man in a boat...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Hardangervidda #3, Norway - Large-Scale Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Hardangervidda #3, Norway is a large-scale painting by contemporary Spanish artist Calo Carratalá. High imposing and rocky summits seem to be engulfed by a white tempestuous sky and ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Iron Jungles #11, Jungle series (Tondo Painting)
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Iron Jungles n°11 (Jungle series), tondo painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Acrylic on iron, high gloss varnish. Diameter: 150 cm....
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Iron

Selvas Negras n°2 - Tropical Forest Landscape, large-scale drawing
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil and charcoal on canvas, 200 cm × 300 cm. Selvas Negras n°2 is a large-scale drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, taken from the "Jungle" series. This artwork represents two men navigating a boat on a river of the Amazonian tropical forest...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Charcoal, Pencil

Selvas Negras n°4 - Tropical Forest Landscape, work on paper
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil on Daler Rowney 1,4 mm paper, 120 cm × 81 cm. Artwork sold framed: wood frame (dimensions: 137 cm x 98 cm x 4 cm) and plexiglass box (dimensions: 138 cm x 99 cm x 5 cm) ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Pencil, Paper

Big Benasque 2, Snow series - Large Mountain Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Big Benasque 2 (Snow series) is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm. This work of art represents a mountainous winter landscape in ...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Oil, Canvas

Iron Jungles #10 by Calo Carratalá - Circular Painting, forest landscape
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Iron Jungles n°10 (Jungle series), tondo painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá. Acrylic on iron, high gloss varnish. Diameter: 150 cm....
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Iron

Selvas Negras #1, Jungle series - black and white drawing, large size
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil and charcoal on canvas, diptych made of two panels 212 cm x 282 cm (right) and 212 cm x 374 cm (left). Selvas Negras #1 is a large-scale drawing by Spanish contemporary artis...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Charcoal, Pencil

Sailing from Leticia to Santa Rosa
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Sailing from Leticia to Santa Rosa (Jungle series) is a large-scale oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá which is in the form of a ton...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Myrdal, Norway - Large-Scale Landscape Painting
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Myrdal, Norway is a large-scale painting by contemporary Spanish artist Calo Carratalá. This work portrays a snowy landscape, typical of Norway, with a group of red houses at the foo...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fishermen on River Nanay 2 (Large Tondo Painting)
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Fishermen on river Nanay 2 (Jungle series) is a large-scale oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá which is in the form of a tondo. Oil on canvas. Diameter : 200 cm. Always armed with sketching pad, the artist sketches the sensations he obtains from the different places he visits. Similar to the artists from the romantic period...
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2010s Contemporary Calo Carratalá Art

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Canvas, Oil

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