Author: Xavier Figueras Nogués (Riudecols -Baix Camp- 1941). Title: Monestir al fons. Description: watercolor on paper made in 1976 by the artist Xavier Figueras. Measurements without frame 39x50 cm. Certificate of authenticity is attached. Artwork in good condition. Xavier Figueras Nogués. Graduated in Fine Arts, he obtained the chair of Plastic Arts and Design in the specialty of Artistic Drawing and Color. He won the First Prize of the General Directorate of Fine Arts of the Ministry. It is worth mentioning his contribution to the world of artistic pedagogy. Professor and deputy director of the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts "Llotja" in Barcelona, and from 1992 to 2010, director of ESCRBC (Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Assets of Catalonia) of Barcelona. With a very solid academic base, mastery of drawing and color, he works intensely with the palette to create works of light and shadow, composition and simplification of the represented elements, resulting in a visibly elaborate and clean final work, with flat paint and a great aesthetic sense. He has made several individual and collective exhibitions, mainly in Catalonia.
