Salvador Aulèstia

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• Born — 13 November 1915 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 1915 June 1994 • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Spouse — Maria Elisa Dall'Igna (1941) • Field — Painting, Drawing, Sculptor, Writing, • Movement — apotism, expressionism, abstractism, fauvism • Works — Sideroploide monument • Awards — Named Catalan Universal by the King of Spain Juan Carlos I XXXIV Venice Biennial (Personal special qualification)

Born into the families of a soldier officer, Salvador Aulestia grew up in until three years old in calle Naples y Consejo de Ciento of Barcelona, Spain. Then his family went to live in the Camp d'en Grassot (which was then the outskirts of Barcelona, now Career d'en Grassot). Already at age six the drawings are distinguished by significant clarity and synthesis for his age. At eight he began the lecture of an important private library about esotericism and magic. Later he went to live in calle Roger de Flor (Gracia). After changing several schools he was inscribed at the "Las Reales Escuelas Pias". In 1931 he entered the seminary but never leaves the artistic inspiration. In 1935, invited to a dinner, Salvador Aulestia met Garcia Lorca, of which draws a sketch that will be used later for a portrait. On July 19, 1936, began the Spanish Civil War and the seminary was closed. After being involved in various vicissitudes, participate in some battles (as tenant for the PSOE) and then prisoned, he came back to Barcelona in 1940. He inscribed at the Escuela de Artes Y Oficios de Barcelona. He continues his artistic career with a series of exhibitions that will take him around the world. After some initial contacts in the fifties, he moved permanently to Milan (Italy) in 1972, where he produced paintings, drawings, sculptures in addition to publishing numerous books until his death in 1994. "...His work show a theurgical feeling with plastic expressionism and abstract tendency..." • Illustration — the Kiss (Casa Museo Francesco Cristina)