Lluís Claramunt

Lluís Claramunt (19 August 1951 in Barcelona – 18 December 2000 in Zarautz) was a Spanish artist.

Biography A self-taught artist, Claramunt belongs to a generation that tried to be of its time without belonging to it. The start of his career in the 1970s coincided with the emergence of a more politicised approach to art to which most of his contemporaries subscribed, at a time when Barcelona was teeming with experimental initiatives in the spheres of art, literature and film, as well as underground subcultures.

During this period, Claramunt swam against the tide, focusing on painting rather than looking to the avant-gardes for inspiration. The finishes of naturalist painting, and in particular the work of Isidre Nonell, became the first rung of the ladder that Claramunt would build in the course of his life. The subject matter and style of his work gradually changed as Claramunt physically and socially distanced himself from Barcelona.

Solo exhibits list

1971 - Taller de Picasso, Barcelona 1972 - Galería Fulmen, Sevilla 1972 - Tur Social, Alicante 1972 - Peña Flamenca Enrique Morente, Barcelona 1973 - Taller de Picasso, Barcelona 1976 - Galeria Dau al Set, Barcelona 1979 - Galeria Dau al Set, Barcelona 1982 - 15 anys de pintura. Galeria Dau al Set, Barcelona 1984 - Galeria 4 Gats, Palma 1984 - ARCO 84, estand Galeria Quatre Gats, Madrid 1984 - Galería Buades, Madrid 1985 - Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Ciudad Real 1985 - Galeria Dau al Set, Barcelona 1985 - Galería Magda Bellotti, Algeciras, Cádiz 1985 - Galería La Máquina Española, Sevilla 1986 - ARCO 86, estand Galería Dau al Set, Madrid 1986 - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla 1987 - Galeria Sebastià Petit, Lleida 1987 - Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 1987 - 1983-1986 Pinturas. Palau Sollerich, Palma de Mallorca 1987 - ARCO 87, estand Galeria Dau al Set, Madrid 1987 - Galería Magda Bellotti, Algeciras, Cádiz 1987 - Galería Rafael Ortiz, Sevilla 1988 - ARCO 88, estand Galería Magda Bellotti, Madrid 1988 - Axe Art Actuel, Toulouse 1988 - Toro de invierno. Ateneu Mercantil, València 1988 - Galeria Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca 1989 - Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (Austria) 1989 - Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 1989 - Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 1989 - Gallery July Silvester, New York 1991 - Galeria Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca 1991 - Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (Àustria) 1991 - Galeria Temple, València 1991 - Aschenbach Galerie, Amsterdam 1991 - Galeria Màcula, Alacant 1992 - La muela de oro. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 1992 - Paisaje. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 1993 - Valderrobres. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 1993 - Valderrobres. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 1993 - Luis Claramunt. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 1994 - Luis Claramunt. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 1994 - Ölbilder. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (Àustria) 1994 - Tentadero. Galería Tomás March, València 1995 - Galería Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona 1995 - Caja Rural de Huesca, Saragossa 1996 - Dibujos. Galería Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona 1996 - Espai Sarrià, Barcelona 1997 - Congo money. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 1997 - Luis Claramunt. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (Àustria) 1997 - Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona 1998 - Luis Claramunt. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz (Àustria) 1998 - Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona 1999 - Naufragios y tormentas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 2000 - Naufragios y tormentas. Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona 2000 - Naufragios y tormentas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla 2002 - … de Marruecos. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 2009 - Marruecos. Festival Mar de Músicas, Palacio Viuda de Molina, Cartagena 2012 - El viatge vertical. Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona