Jorge Soteras The Shepherd Star Watercolor 20th C

L'Etoile du berger  (Shepherd star)
watercolor by Jorge Soteras  (1917, Barcelone - 1990, Bonnieux)
Circa 50s
39.3 x 28.5 cm
Jorge Soteras works often sell at auctions around the world.
(see : http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/jorge-soteras/ )

Born in Spain (Barcelona) in 1917, Jorge Soteras joins the republic army from 1936 to 1939 when he quits Spain and moves to France. In 1959 he is part of the Catalan group of painters Art Nostre alongside with Clavé, Grau Sala, Salès and others. He was also known as an illustrator : 1947 "Le Romancero Gitano" from Federico Garcia Lorca, in 1952 L'Inferno de Dante, in 1953, "Les chants de Maldoror" from Lautréamont.
"Better live with dreams than sleep without" Jorge Soteras

Bibliographie : Benezit, Dictionnaire des peintres, Gründ, Paris, 1999.