The engraving has been hand signed

Good general condition, see photo, this map was dedicated to JEAN Dieuzaide

This lithograph comes from the Jean Dieuzaide collection

Biography of Antoni Cumella Serret

Antoni Cumella Serret (Granollers, August 31, 1913 – Granollers, January 25, 1985) is an internationally renowned Catalan ceramist, recognized as one of the great renovators of Spanish ceramics of the 20th century.

Coming from a family of artisans (his father was a jeweler and his stepfather a potter), he discovered the world of clay very early on. Trained at the Escola del Treball in Barcelona, ​​he developed his first ceramic pieces at the end of the 1920s. Very quickly, he was influenced by Catalan modernism, by the architecture of Gaudí, but also by the clean lines of Mies van der Rohe's pavilion during the 1929 International Exhibition. These references will nourish his taste for experimentation, the sobriety of forms and the integration of ceramics into architectural space.

In the 1930s, he was already teaching ceramics at the Grup Escolar Lluís Vives in Barcelona. The Spanish Civil War interrupted his trajectory: mobilized as a medical assistant, he was imprisoned at the end of the conflict. After these trials, he returned to his artistic work with energy, participating in exhibitions in Spain and abroad.

From the 1950s, Cumella became known beyond specialist circles. His research on enamels, textures and shapes earned him several distinctions at the Milan Triennales, where he won gold medals. His work is deployed in large public and private commissions: wall panels, facades, decorative sets, while pursuing a more intimate production of laboratory pieces where he constantly explores new processes.

The lithographic period of the 1970s

While ceramics remains at the heart of his career, Cumella has not limited himself to this medium alone. In the 1970s, he became interested in lithography, a field that allowed him to transpose his visual language onto paper. In these graphic works, he experiments with plays of materials, rhythms and contrasts reminiscent of the effects of his enamels and ceramic surfaces. Although this production remained more confidential than his clay creations, it reveals his desire to translate his formal universe into a reproducible medium and to explore other avenues of artistic dissemination.

Recent years and recognition

During the 1970s and 1980s, Cumella pursued a fruitful career, alternating monumental work with more experimental research. He received numerous distinctions: the FAD Gold Medal, the National Prize for Plastic Arts (1980), and the Creu de Sant Jordi (1982), one of the highest cultural distinctions in Catalonia.

He died in 1985 in Granollers, his hometown. His work, anchored in tradition but always focused on innovation, continues to inspire ceramists and contemporary artists.