JOSEP MOSCARDÓ (Barcelona, 1953). "Endangered... Lot 9

JOSEP MOSCARDÓ (Barcelona, 1953). "Endangered urban landscape". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and titled on the back. Measurements: 65 x 81 cm. Josep Moscardó trained in Barcelona, at the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and La Lonja. He began his career in 1976, focusing from the beginning on landscape, which he considers his main source of inspiration. However, he does not look for wild nature or leafy forests, but for places with a life of their own, inhabited, preferably urban views, such as this one of a street in the Catalan town of Vic. In his works he looks for corners where the architectural attraction is combined with a suggestive atmosphere, reflected through his personal chromaticism. Throughout his career he has received numerous prizes, such as the Catalan Post Office prize in 1972, the Santiago Barceló prize in 1974, the Val d'Or prize in 1976 and the Valentí prize in 1985, among others. He has also exhibited his work individually both in Spain (Sala Vayreda, Sala Parés, Tavira gallery, and many others) and abroad (Serendipity and D.J. Lester galleries in Los Angeles). His presence abroad is remarkable in group exhibitions: "The new impressionists" (Brentwood Portfolio in Los Angeles and Art Expo in New York), I.G.I in Chicago, Art Asia in Hong Kong, David Messum gallery in London, Bankaku gallery in Nagoya and Art Box gallery in Tokyo. He is currently working with Sala Parés in Barcelona. Moscardó considers himself to be a Mediterranean artist, an idea that is reflected in his painting both in terms of subject matter and in the treatment of light, the intensity of the line and the chromatic range. In addition to painting, Moscardó has devoted himself to graphic work, capturing different urban landscapes, especially emblematic ones, of cities such as Barcelona and New York.