Embossed Lithograph "5" by Sunol Alvar; limited edition, signed, size approx. 38 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. Alvar Suñol Munoz-Ramos, also known as Alvar (born January 29, 1935), is a Spanish painter, sculptor and lithographer. Born in Montgat, Spain, Alvar first began painting at the age of 12. He was accepted to the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge in Barcelona when he was 17. When he was 18, he won a young painter's competition put on by the city of Barcelona. The painting from that competition hangs in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona. In 1957, he had his first unaccompanied exhibition in the Galleries Layetana in Barcelona. In 1959, after serving in the Spanish Military, Alvar went to Paris to continue painting. He won a scholarship to study there at 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 in a week, Alvar signed a contract with the gallery. In 1960, art critic Jacques Lassaigne, suggested Alvar to take part in the Salon School of Paris.

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