Emilio Grau Sala

Background

Emilio Grau Sala was born in 1911 in Barcelona, Spain.

Education

Emilio Grau Sala studied at the Art Academy of Barcelona.

Career

Emilio Grau Sala began his public career in 1929 and had his first one-man show in Barcelona at the age of 18. Later Grau Sala moved to Paris in 1932 and exhibited at the Salon des Humoristes there. He went on to have shows of his work throughout the world - Paris, Madrid, London, Buenos Aires, New York.

Having traveled widely, in 1936 Grau Sala established himself permanently in Paris and in the following year participated in the important exhibition at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.

In addition to his work as a painter, Grau-Sala was also recognized as an illustrator, decorator, and pastel painter, illustrating numerous fine editions of volumes by authors such as Flaubert, Baudelaire, and Maupassant.

Grau Sala died in 1975 in Paris, France.

Achievements

• Grau Sala quickly gained an international reputation as an outstanding painter. In 1937 he was awarded a Carnegie prize in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

Works

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• painting

  • Scène de cirque

  • Under the lamp

  • Le petit déjeuner

  • Woman and a Birdcage

  • The Painter and the Model

  • Le petit déjeuner

  • Dancers

  • Le Golf

  • Paddock en Normandie

  • Deauville

  • Paddock a Deauville

  • La Lecture

  • Courses a Saint Cloud

  • Ballerinas

  • Champs Elysees

  • Marché

  • The Beach of Le Havre

  • Flicka med parasoll

Membership

In the French Salon "Comparaisons", Grau Sala was a member of the group of Maurice Boitel.

Connections

Emilio Grau Sala was married to Ángeles Santos Torroella. They fled to Paris at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The couple had a son, Julià Grau i Santos, who became a painter as well.

Spouse:

Ángeles Santos Torroella

Son:

Julià Grau i Santos

colleague:

Maurice Boitel