Antonio Guansé

1926–2008, Spain

Antonio Guansé (1926–2008) was a Spanish painter and lithographer. Born in Tortosa, Catalonia, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona. In 1953 he came to Paris on a French government scholarship, and in 1954 he settled there for good. The work of Pablo Picasso was a major influence on him. In 1956–1958 his compositions came close to abstract expressionism, and in 1959 he began developing a visual language close to what would later be called New Figuration. In 1962 he won the Paris Critics' Prize. He taught at Parisian academies and illustrated the poetry of Paul Éluard. He held more than a hundred solo exhibitions, and his works are in the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris and in museums in Madrid and Toledo.

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