Homenaje a Pau Casals (Homage to Pablo Casals)
In 2006, a Spanish real estate and development company, which specialized in restoring historic buildings, began plans to renovate an avenue of older buildings in a suburb of Paris. Within the project they wanted to honor the late Pau Casals – famous Spanish born cellist and composer. Alvar Suñol, who like Casals, was born in Catalonia (Spain) and lived and worked in Paris for a number of years where he gained fame as an artist, was selected to create a sculpture to permanently memorialize Pau Casals. Approaching ten feet tall, the bronze monument weighs over 2,000 pounds. After creating the grand sculpture that depicts Casal’s arm floating over the body of a cello, Alvar was inspired to create a lithograph honoring the life and career of Casals.
Women with Flowers
Lithograph
Portadors de Natures (Carriers of Nature)
Lithograph
Pintora Mexicana
Lithograph