Oil on paper
painting by Jorge Soteras (1917 Barcelona - 1990 Bonnieux).
Signature stamp bottom right.
Good condition. Unframed.
46,5 x 31 cm (18.3 x 12.2 inches)
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.