Ismael Gonzalez De La Serna (1887-1962), Abstract Composition, 20th

Gouache on paper representing an abstract subject in portrait format. We could see several outlines of faces there. Black, yellow, white and brown tones on a gray background. Signed lower right "De la Serna". Framed under glass. Very good state. Dimensions: With frame: 45 x 35 cm At sight: 31 x 23 cm “1907: Begins his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Granada. 1918: illustrates the cover of his friend Federico García Lorca's first book, Impresiones y paisajes. 1919: Moves to Paris, which is at that time an artistic hotbed. He was in close contact with other Spanish artists who also lived there (Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, Pablo Gargallo, Joan Miró, Manuel Ángeles Ortiz, etc.), and by the end of the 1920s he had become one of the main members of the artistic avant-garde. 1927: The prestigious Parisian gallery Paul Guillaume hosted its first French exhibition. In a short time he exhibited in other major galleries in Brussels, Barcelona and Berlin and developed international recognition. La Serna also participated in a group exhibition in Copenhagen in 1933, collaborated on the design of the Spanish pavilion at the Paris International Fair in 1937 and - in the 1940s and 1950s - shown several times at the National Gallery in Prague, in the Tate in London, the National Museum of Mexico and, towards the end of his career, the Hammer Gallery in New York. At the time of La Serna's arrival in Paris, the most influential modern art critics were writing for Les Cahiers d'Art under the direction of Tériade and Christian Zervos. They considered La Serna one of the greatest modern artists along with Picasso, Braque, Gris and Matisse. Stylistically, La Serna's work is very distinctive, a product of his own personal blend of impressionism, surrealism, cubism, expressionism and abstraction. Eminent member of the School of Paris. Today, his production can be found in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Reina Sofía Center in Madrid, the National Gallery in Berlin and the National Museum of Modern Art in Mexico. “