Hispanic North American school of the 20th century. Hand glazed and polychrome stoneware. Measurements: 100 x 70 cm framed. is a Spanish painter sculptor and lithographer. Born in Montgat Spain Alvar began painting at age 12. He was accepted into the San Jorge School of Fine Arts in Barcelona when he was 17 years old. At 18 he won a competition for young painters organized by the city of Barcelona. The painting from that competition is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art of Barcelona. In 1957 he held his first exhibition without accompaniment at the Layetana Galleries in Barcelona. In 1959 after serving in the Spanish Armed Forces Alvar went to Paris to continue painting. He won a scholarship to study there in the Institut Francais competition held in Barcelona. Alvar met Juan Fuentes director of the Galerie Drouant. After Fuentes sold Alvar's first set of paintings within a week Alvar signed a contract with the gallery. In 1960 the art critic Jacques Lassaigne suggested that Alvar participate in the Paris Salon School. Important private Basque collection.