Ramon Llovet (1917-1987)

These lithographs are actually almost all love letters, veiled messages of desire...

About Ramon Llovet's Art

If you know how to read dreams, you know that the image of a dove always signifies the presence of the female: a mother, a woman, a girl. In addition to inspired sensuality, these prints are also impregnated with an atmosphere of waiting, meditation, contemplative observation and a sense of self-sufficiency. Earth colors are replaced by night colors, from which images of the soul arise, and perhaps illusions as well.

These lithographs are actually all love letters, veiled messages of desire and perhaps passion. The dreamy, almost mystically tender motifs appear repeatedly. I love you, I love you... B that could be the title of some of these prints.

Llovet=s graphic work is suited to many occasions. It is festive, joyful, meditative, contemplative and dreamy, and would make a lovely decoration for any wall.

Catalonia has a rich artistic heritage - and its 20th century artists have already made their unforgettable marks. The most famous of artists went from village to village as if these were dovecotes. Only to name Dalí, we know that a part of the history of modern art took place along the Catalan coast. Llovet, in any case, did not allow himself to get caught up in the uproar. Although he was influenced by it at first, he placidly continued along his personal path.

In his old age, Ramon Llovet lived and worked withdrawn with his family (partially because of his deformity) in the countryside, in Guardiola, a village near Barcelona. He had his own printing workshop set up for lithography, of which he was an expert. Barcelona=s Sala Gaspar exhibited his works, and promoted and valued him - in close collaboration with him (and in collaboration with Grafos Verlag of Vaduz), his lithographs were published in relatively small editions. (His prints are in high demand among collectors, and so, many are already out of print and thus not mentioned here.) A splendid set of prints from the period of 1978-81 is still available from Grafos Verlag, with the official seal of the Sala Gaspar printing workshops. With these prints, we can delve into Ramon Llovet=s pictorial world of sensibilities, which he illuminated in fine colors. ek