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CARLOS NADAL Spanish 1917-1998 OOC Reclining Lady

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CARLOS NADAL Spanish 1917-1998 OOC Reclining Lady
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Oil on canvas. Featuring a reclining lady atop a bed. Signed and attr. Carlos Nadal (Spanish, 1917-1998) on the lower left corner. 8.9 x 15.7 in. (22.5 x 40 cm) In 1930 he began his formal art education studying in Barcelona, until being conscripted into the Republican Army in 1936. In 1945 Nadal left Barcelona, to study at the Academy of the “Grande Chaumier” in Paris; a student of Ossip Zadkine. In 1948 the newly wed Carlos together with his wife Flore, moved to Brussels, where for the next decade he exhibited regularly and received many prestigious commissions. By the early 1960’s Nadal spent an increasing amount of time Spain, setting up home and studio in Barcelona, and at the same time travelling extensively on painting trips throughout Europe, and the America’s. Carlos Nadal died in Barcelona in 1998 at the age of 88. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate