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Rafael Duran Benet

Rafael Duran Benet (1931 - 2015) was active/lived in Spain, France.  Rafael Duran Benet is known for Cityscapes with many buildings, floral still life and landscape, treescapes.

RAFAEL DURAN BENET
Spanish, 1931–2015

Rafael was a Catalan painter, nephew of the painter Rafael Benet. His work has a strong impact and influences color Mediterranean.

The young Rafael Benet began painting during adolescence, by the hand of his uncle, who had the same name, and who received influences in his characteristic chromatic conception, and the artists Manolo Hugué and Rafael Llmona.

In the 50's he settled in Cadaqués, where his work acquired a marked Mediterranean character and where he treated artists like Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso.

In 1958 he presented his first solo exhibition, in the Sala Vayreda in Barcelona. Then there would be thirty more, mainly in Barcelona (many in Sala Parés, to which he was linked all his life), Madrid and Cadaqués.

In 2011, the City Council of his home city dedicated a retrospective in the Sala Muncunill. He also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Barcelona, Paris, London, Hou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2351 characters.]  Artist bio

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