{"Id":7560,"Name":"Gabriel Picart","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT INFO:\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EEmail:\u003C/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;bielpicart@gmail.com\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWebsite:\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.gabrielpicart.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.gabrielpicart.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGabriel Picart was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1962, where he still lives and works. His family lived in the concierge\u0027s pavilion of the world famous Park G\u0026uuml;ell. Gabriel spent his childhood in the building that the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi had designed to emulate the witch\u0027s house in Brothers Grimm\u0027s fairytale \u003Cem\u003EHansel and Gretel\u003C/em\u003E. Within an artistic milieu such as this, he would soon develop an interest in art. By the time he was a teenager, his parents had rented the other pavilion on the opposite side of the main gate, the one with an oddly shaped tower bearing on its top a double cross. This well known building had been Antoni Gaudi\u0027s studio during the construction of the park. In the very same room that architect Gaudi executed his designs, Picart set up his first atelier.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENot long after deciding to become a professional artist, Picart met the illustrator Enric Torres, famed by his \u003Cem\u003EWarren Magazine\u003C/em\u003E covers. He invited Gabriel to visit the studio that he shared with Pepe Gonzalez, one of the world\u0027s foremost comic artists, known for his comic strips of the super heroine \u003Cem\u003EVampirella\u003C/em\u003E. Shortly thereafter, the young Gabriel became the third member of the studio. Picart\u0027s career as an illustrator blossomed; he worked on commissions throughout Europe, mainly for Germany, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian countries.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1985, Picart made his first trip to New York City. He quickly won assignments from all the major publishing houses in America and Canada, such as \u003Cem\u003EReader\u0027s Digest\u003C/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EBantam Books\u003C/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EDell Publishing\u003C/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EHarlequin\u003C/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EPocket Books\u003C/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EScholastic\u003C/em\u003E, to name a few. Gabriel did book covers, promotional advertising, brochures and interior illustrations, all in a representational mode with a fine art treatment.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1996, he had his first show at the \u003Cem\u003EWolfWalker Gallery\u003C/em\u003E in Sedona, Arizona. This was quickly followed by his participation in a group show of Catalan artists at \u003Cem\u003EAmbassador Gallery\u003C/em\u003E in New York, where he was among some of the leading contemporary figurative painters working in Spain at that time. Since then, Picart focused on his own paintings and no longer made illustration commissions.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis paintings have been on display at recognized galleries in the US, such as \u003Cem\u003EAnderson Galleries\u003C/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Beverly Hills, and \u003Cem\u003EWeinstein Gallery\u003C/em\u003E in San Francisco. They are in private collections in Spain, USA, Germany, Canada, China, Taiwan, New Zealand, Mexico, Emirates, Russia, and UK. In the mid-2000s, California publisher \u003Cem\u003EFingerhut Group\u003C/em\u003E published and distributed limited editions of some of his paintings, popularizing them among a wider variety of collectors. His work also has been featured worldwide. In 2004, Picart was the first artist from Spain ever featured in \u003Cem\u003EInternational Artist\u003C/em\u003E magazine. In 2013, he was the artist featured of the October-November edition of \u003Cem\u003EGulf Connoisseur\u003C/em\u003E of Dubai, the premier lifestyle magazine of the Gulf region.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2012, Gabriel Picart was one of the two International Master Artists specially invited by the organizers of \u003Cem\u003EArt Revolution Taipei\u003C/em\u003E in its second edition. From 2016 to 2019, Picart has spent most of his time making works of art for \u003Cem\u003EThe IBEX Collection\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":31}