Pere Pruna Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Pere Pruna Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 12, 2024
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female portrait". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,000 - €2,200
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female portrait". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 73 x 61 cm; 101 x 81 cm (frame). Mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he traveled to Paris in 1920, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful solo exhibition at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also proposed him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. Since then he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he obtained the second absolute prize in the exhibition of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he obtained other awards such as the competition "Montserrat seen by the Catalan artists" (1931) or the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna obtained it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used as a model a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine. In view of the commotion caused, Pruna renounced the prize, but the jury ratified its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, with an outstanding exhibition organized in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labor Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war, he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was especially celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona award, and three years later he was named academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. His style, centered on a graceful and stylized female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento, fully framed in the classicist current that appeared in Western art after the first wave of avant-garde, and of which his friend Cocteau was the driving force. Pruna focused on portraiture and especially on the female figure, capturing images marked by great delicacy and sober distinction. His representations are characterized by a stylized and diaphanous line, and are in tune with the return to order after the rupture that cubism meant in France, thus linking directly with the avant-garde. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space with his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 23, 2024
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Naked Woman"
Est: €5,500 - €7,000
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Naked Woman" oil on canvas Signed 110 x 65 cm 5.500 - 7.000 €
Greco Subastas
Oct. 15, 2024
PERE PRUNA (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Piano song"
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
PERE PRUNA (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Piano song" Oil on paper Signed and dated in 1932 Damages 118 x 182 cm 3.500 - 4.000 €
Bayeu Subastas
Oct. 15, 2024
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female portrait", 1924. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female portrait", 1924. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 92 x 73,5 cm; 114 x 95 cm (frame). We are before a singular painting for several reasons: on the one hand, it is a unique work within the best known production of Pere Pruna, on the other hand, it belongs to a stage, the Parisian, in which Pruna was introduced in the most avant-garde environment of the French capital by the hand of his admired Pablo Picasso. In 1920 Pruna arrived in Paris and there he met Picasso thanks to a letter of recommendation from Sebastián Sunyer; under the protection of the Malaga master, the young painter developed the most stimulating stage of his career. The influence of the Malaga-born painter is notable in this portrait, in which the intimate legacy of his blue period can be appreciated, but also assimilating Picasso's contemporaneous concern for what critics would baptize as "neoclassical period", a classicism with Mediterranean roots. Certainly, the formal purification to which the Andalusian master had arrived after leaving behind his cubist research, is transmitted to his disciple, Pruna, in an undeniable way, as we see in the subtle stroke that with a minimal drawing expresses the withdrawal of the figure in itself. The face seems to be carved in wood, with hard features that nevertheless communicate so much in their silence. In that fruitful Parisian period, which was to be a turning point in Pruna's career, the artist made harlequins directly inspired by those of Picasso. Here the inspiration is less direct and instead more profound, almost as if the mentor's brush had also left its mark on a portrait imbued with mystery. A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he traveled to Paris in 1920, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful solo exhibition at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also proposed him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. Since then he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he obtained the second absolute prize in the exhibition of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he obtained other awards such as the competition "Montserrat seen by the Catalan artists" (1931) or the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna obtained it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used as a model a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine. In view of the commotion caused, Pruna renounced the prize, but the jury ratified its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, with an exhibition organized in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labor Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was especially celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona award, and three years later he was named academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. His style, centered on a graceful and stylized female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento, fully framed in the classicist current that appeared in Western art after the first wave of avant-garde, and of which his friend Cocteau was the driving force. Pruna focused on portraiture and especially on the female figure, capturing images marked by great delicacy and sober distinction. His representations are characterized by a stylized and diaphanous line, and are in tune with the return to order after the rupture that cubism meant in France, thus linking directly with the avant-garde. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space with his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 12, 2024
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female nude", 1956. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Female nude", 1956. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 115 x 86 cm; 126 x 97 cm (frame). A young woman of stylized figure leans on the railing with one hand while with the other she holds a transparent veil that covers her head. Behind her, a landscape opens up with a first line of tall cypress trees between whose long canopies a country house can be seen. The girl responds to the prototype of the melancholic and fragile woman, mysterious and subtle in her movements, which Pere Pruna forged by placing his female models in calm settings, charged with metaphysical resonances. Pruna focused on the portrait and the female figure, endowing it with elegance and delicacy. This painting is in tune with the return to order championed by the avant-garde (including Picasso) in the thirties and forties, after the cubist and fauve period. In fact, Cocteau, a great friend of Pruna's, was one of the promoters of this return to classicism, in which Pruna would find his most authentic expression in the following decades. This canvas takes us into a suggestive, sensual and intimate atmosphere. A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he traveled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful solo exhibition at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also proposed him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. Since then he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he obtained the second absolute prize in the exhibition of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he obtained other awards such as the competition "Montserrat seen by the Catalan artists" (1931) or the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna obtained it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used as a model a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine. In view of the commotion caused, Pruna renounced the prize, but the jury ratified its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, with an exhibition organized in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labor Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was especially celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona award, and three years later he was named academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space with his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 11, 2024
PERE PRUNA. A girl with a unicorn. (d)
Est: €300 - €400
Gouache on paper Signed On the back, a laber of Sala Parés. 60x46cm.
Balclis
May. 23, 2024
PERE PRUNA. A girl. (d)
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Bronze sculpture with marble base Signed and numbered 1/7 44x16x29 cm.
Balclis
May. 23, 2024
PERE PRUNA. A girl. (d)
Est: €200 - €250
Ink and wash ink drawing on paper Signed and dated 1973 44x53 cm.
Balclis
Mar. 14, 2024
PERE PRUNA (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "The Death of Francisco Franco's soldier" 1938
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
PERE PRUNA (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "The Death of Francisco Franco's soldier" 1938 Oil on canvas Signed 170 x 115 cm 8.000 - 12.000 €
Bayeu Subastas
Feb. 21, 2024
Pere Pruna. Dolls
Est: -
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated (46) in the lower right corner. Canvas with deterioration.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Feb. 15, 2024
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "GIRL WITH CROWN AND EMERALD", 1973.
Est: €800 - €1,300
Watercolour, charcoal and goauche on paper. Signed and dated. 30 x 44.5 cm; 48 x 62 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.
Subarna Subastas
Feb. 15, 2024
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "FEMALE NUDE PORTRAIT", 1976.
Est: €700 - €1,000
Watercolour on cotton fabric. Signed and dated. 44.5 x 36.5 cm; 51.5 x 43 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.
Subarna Subastas
Dec. 20, 2023
PERE PRUNA. A girl. (d)
Est: €1,400 - €1,600
Oil on canvas Signed 81x65 cm.
Balclis
Dec. 14, 2023
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Naked Woman"
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977) "Naked Woman" oil on canvas Signed 110 x 65 cm 7.000 - 9.000 €
Greco Subastas
Dec. 05, 2023
PERE PRUNA
Est: €2,000 - €4,500
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904-1977) Pareja de arlequines. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado. Etiqueta de la Sala Parés, Barcelona, en el bastidor. Etiqueta del Real Círculo Artístico de Barcelona. Concurso Extraordinário de Pintura y Escultura 1957 al dorso. 162 x 97 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Nov. 22, 2023
Pere Pruna. Character
Est: -
Ink drawing on paper. Signed and dated (21) in the lower right corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Oct. 24, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Pere Pruna Ocerans (Barcelona, 1904-1977) Muñecas. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado y fechado en 1946. 100 x 73 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Oct. 05, 2023
PERE PRUNA. A girl. (d)
Est: €2,500 - €2,800
Oil on canvas Signed 81x65 cm.
Balclis
Oct. 05, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "FEMALE NUDE", 1930.
Est: €3,500 - €9,000
Oil on canvas stuck to board. Signed and dated. The paint layer is detached. 88 x 115 cm; 103 x 131 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Oct. 05, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "ANNUNCIATION".
Est: €1,600 - €3,500
Oil on canvas. Relined. With small losses on the paint layer. 90 x 80 cm; 103 x 93 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Sep. 14, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Two brothers", 1969. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Two brothers", 1969. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 46 x 61 cm. Pere Pruna trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After starting to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works. In 1928 he won the second absolute prize at the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably his exhibition organised in London in 1937. His style, centred on a graceful, stylised female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento. Pere Pruna is represented in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the MNAC and the Montserrat Museum, as well as in important public and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 14, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Reclining woman", 1969. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Reclining Woman", 1969. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 97 x 146 cm. With great formal economy and an implacable chromatic sobriety, which in this oil painting is practically reduced to three colours, Pere Pruna succeeds in making us participants in the emotional imprint of his female portraits. Pruna's women are characterised by their simple elegance and a melancholy that safeguards their enigma. Pere Pruna trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works. In 1928 he won the second absolute prize at the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably his exhibition organised in London in 1937. His style, centred on a graceful, stylised female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento. Pere Pruna is represented in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the MNAC and the Montserrat Museum, as well as in important public and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 29, 2023
PERE PRUNA. A girl with a unicorn. (d)
Est: €900 - €1,080
Gouache on paper Signed On the back, a laber of Sala Parés. 60x46cm.
Balclis
Jun. 21, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "GIRLS BY THE BALCONY", 1974.
Est: €250 - €350
Ink, gouache and crayons on paper. Signed and dated by pen. 24 x 31 cm; 40 x 47 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jun. 21, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "NUDE FROM THE BACK", 1975.
Est: €200 - €400
Charcoal and watercolour on paper. Signed and dated. 23 x 17.5 cm; 39.5 x 33.5 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jun. 21, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "GERTRUDE ET LYSE", models of the artist in Paris. Circa 1920-30.
Est: €250 - €400
Charcoal on paper. Signed and located in pencil. Name of the models and dedicated "Per Moi", in pencil. The paper has a small tear and foxing. 31 x 24 cm; 46 x 38 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jun. 21, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "NUDE", 1976?.
Est: €300 - €450
Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated. 25 x 19.5 cm; 41.5 x 36.5 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post-auction sale.a.
Subarna Subastas
Jun. 21, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Young man in profile". Pastel on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €500 - €600
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Young man in profile". Pastel on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 61.5 x 50 cm; 88 x 76 cm (frame). A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he won second prize in the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably the exhibition organised in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labour Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was particularly celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona Prize, and three years later he was appointed academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. His style, centred on a graceful, stylised female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento, being fully in keeping with the classicist trend that appeared in Western art after the first wave of avant-gardism and of which his friend Cocteau was the driving force. Pruna focused on portraiture and above all on the female figure, capturing images marked by great delicacy and sober distinction. His representations are characterised by a stylised, diaphanous line, and are in tune with the return to order that followed the rupture that Cubism represented in France, thus linking directly with the avant-garde. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space bearing his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 20, 2023
PERE PRUNA
Est: €800 - €1,200
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904-1977) Figura femenina. Acuarela y tinta sobre papel. Firmada y fechada en 1925. 45 x 33 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Jun. 12, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Recumbent Bullfighter", 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. With labels of the Sala Parés and the Artur Ramon Gallery, Barcelona, on the back.
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Recumbent Bullfighter", 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. With labels of the Sala Parés and the Artur Ramon Gallery, Barcelona, on the back. Measurements: 70 x 115 cm; 92 x 135,5 cm (frame). Pere Pruna manages to transmit the serene beauty of the recumbent bullfighter using a palette of very few colours but endowing them with a rich tonal variety, at the same time as he handles a synthetic stroke that condenses the enigmatic palpitation of a repose that could be eternal. Solid lights build the features, softly modelling the oval and the curved line of the closed eyelids. The sequins and jewels of the costume sparkle with nuanced silver glints that continue on the side band of the long legs sheathed in a red stiletto. The red of the trousers and the sheen of the black leather of the shoes interrupt the rich range of silver tones that dominate the lyrical atmosphere. A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he won second prize in the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably the exhibition organised in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labour Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was particularly celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona Prize, and three years later he was appointed academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space named after him, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 30, 2023
Pere Pruna. No title
Est: -
Ink drawing on paper. Signed and dated (31) in the lower right corner. Paper with a cut at the bottom (without affecting the drawing).
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 30, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Seated woman", 1974. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €500 - €600
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Seated Woman", 1974. Watercolour and ink on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Size: 24 x 17 cm; 48,5 x 40 cm (frame). Pere Pruna was a painter with an unusual sensitivity for delving into the female universe, as can be seen in this drawing. A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he won second prize in the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably the exhibition organised in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labour Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was particularly celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona Prize, and three years later he was appointed academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. His style, centred on a graceful, stylised female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento, being fully in keeping with the classicist trend that appeared in Western art after the first wave of avant-gardism and of which his friend Cocteau was the driving force. Pruna focused on portraiture and above all on the female figure, capturing images marked by great delicacy and sober distinction. His representations are characterised by a stylised, diaphanous line, and are in tune with the return to order that followed the rupture that Cubism represented in France, thus linking directly with the avant-garde. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space bearing his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 02, 2023
PERE PRUNA
Est: €350 - €600
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904-1977) Minotauro. Acuarela sobre papel. Firmada. 51 x 31,5 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Mar. 22, 2023
Pere Pruna. Lady with a hat
Est: -
Drawing on paper. Signed and dated (58) in the lower right corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Mar. 09, 2023
PERE PRUNA. A girl with a unicorn. (d)
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
Gouache on paper Signed On the back, a laber of Sala Parés. 60x46cm.
Balclis
Mar. 09, 2023
PERE PRUNA. Two girls. (d)
Est: €250 - €280
Ink drawing on paper 64x48.5 cm.
Balclis
Mar. 09, 2023
PERE PRUNA. Maternity. (d)
Est: €400 - €450
Bronze sculpture Signed and with signature of Bechini foundry. Marble base. Reference literature: Francesc Miralles, "Pere Pruna", Barcelona, Lunwerg Editores, 1998, p. 174. 14x6x10.5 cm (sculpture) and 2.8x8.5x13 cm (marble base).
Balclis
Feb. 23, 2023
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "ANNUNCIATION".
Est: €2,000 - €3,500
Oil on canvas. Relined. With small losses on the paint layer. 90 x 80 cm; 103 x 93 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Feb. 22, 2023
Pere Pruna. nudes
Est: -
Ink on paper. Signed and dated (30) in the lower right corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Feb. 16, 2023
PERE PRUNA
Est: €2,800 - €3,400
Pere Pruna (Barcelona, 1904-1977) Figura. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado y fechado en 1970. Etiqueta de la Sala Parés, Barcelona, al dorso. 100 x 73 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Dec. 15, 2022
PERE PRUNA. A young woman. (d)
Est: €2,000 - €2,200
Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1973 91.5x73 cm.
Balclis
Dec. 15, 2022
PERE PRUNA. A young woman. (d)
Est: €300 - €350
Watercolor on paper Signed and dated 1971 29x22 cm.
Balclis
Dec. 15, 2022
PERE PRUNA. Portrait of a young woman. (d)
Est: €500 - €600
Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1970 35x24 cm.
Balclis
Dec. 15, 2022
PERE PRUNA. A girl with a unicorn. (d)
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
Gouache on paper Signed On the back, a laber of Sala Parés. 60x46cm.
Balclis
Dec. 15, 2022
PERE PRUNA. Partner. (d)
Est: €2,500 - €2,800
Pastel on paper Signed and inscribed, "4" 105x74 cm.
Balclis
Nov. 24, 2022
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Two figures in a field". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Old Sala Parés label on the back.
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (Barcelona, 1904 - 1977). "Two figures in a field". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Old Sala Parés label on the back. Measurements: 27 x 36 cm; 43 x 52 cm (frame). A mainly self-taught artist, Pere Pruna completed his training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. After beginning to exhibit in Barcelona when he was still very young, he travelled to Paris in 1921, where he was helped and guided by Picasso. In the French capital he held a successful one-man show at the Galerie Percier, and came into contact with intellectuals such as Cocteau, Drieu la Rochelle, Max Jacob and others, with whom he founded the magazine "Philosophie" in 1924. Serge Diaghilev, who visited one of his exhibitions, also asked him to create the sets and costumes for the ballet "Les matelots" in 1925. From then on, he also worked on other musical works, such as "La vie de Polichinele" (1934) and "Oriane" (1938), among others. In 1928 he won second prize in the Carnegie Institute exhibition in Pittsburg and later, on his return to Barcelona, he won other awards such as the "Montserrat seen by Catalan artists" competition (1931) and the Nonell Prize (1936). The latter was surrounded by controversy, because Pruna won it for his oil painting "El vi de Chios", for which he used a photograph published in a Parisian pornographic magazine as a model. In response to the uproar, Pruna withdrew the prize, but the jury upheld its decision. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pruna settled in Paris and continued his international exhibition activity, most notably the exhibition organised in London in 1937. At the same time he worked for Ridruejo's propaganda services, with works such as the poster commemorating the promulgation of the Labour Force, and Eugenio d'Ors, National Head of Fine Arts, introduced him to the Spanish representation at the Venice Biennale in 1938. After the war he combined easel painting exhibitions with mural painting, a genre in which his work in the Monastery of Montserrat was particularly celebrated. In 1965 he won the City of Barcelona Prize, and three years later he was appointed academician of the Far de Sant Cristòfor. His style, centred on a graceful, stylised female figure, is based on the clear delicacy of the pink and "neoclassical" Picasso, and reveals a certain parallelism with the Italian Novencento, being fully in keeping with the classicist trend that appeared in Western art after the first wave of avant-gardism and of which his friend Cocteau was the driving force. Pruna focused on portraiture and above all on the female figure, capturing images marked by great delicacy and sober distinction. His representations are characterised by a stylised and diaphanous line, and are in tune with the return to order following the rupture that Cubism represented in France, thus linking directly with the avant-garde. Pere Pruna is currently represented in the Museum of Montserrat, where there is a space bearing his name, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Maricel Museum in Sitges, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 20, 2022
PERE PRUNA. Two girls. (d)
Est: €300 - €360
Ink drawing on paper 64x48.5 cm.
Balclis
Sep. 22, 2022
PERE PRUNA OCERANS (1904-1977). "WOMAN LYING DOWN", 1965.
Est: €800 - €1,500
Watercolour on paper. Signed and dedicated to the critic J. Soler Puch. 31 x 43 cm.
Subarna Subastas