He is the most internationally renowned artist from Alicante and one of the most genuine Spanish representatives of geometric abstraction and optical and kinetic trends. His work is the fruit of continuous and rigorous work on geometry, movement and optical illusion, in which he also develops, from composition and form, a lyrical poetics of singular beauty.
The Eusebio Sempere Municipal Collection is made up of works by the Alicante artist that the Alicante City Council has acquired from 1978 to the present day. It consists of 575 pieces including drawings, paintings, sculptures and graphic works. Chronologically, this set of works spans a very extensive period of Sempere's production: from the early 1940s (drawings and oils) to the first modern works the artist created in Paris in the 1950s (a wide selection of watercolors and gouaches), continuing with the paintings on panel from the 1960s so characteristic of his production and sculptures in iron and chrome-plated steel, typical of his work in the 1970s. Likewise, it includes an important selection of silkscreens and lithographs that showcases the most singular aspects of his graphic work. This is a collection that traces the creative evolution of one of the most interesting personalities in the Spanish art scene of the second half of the twentieth century. It is—moreover—an authentic tribute to Sempere, protagonist of one of the most generous acts toward the city of Alicante: the donation of his art collection… a lifetime.
Sculptor, painter and graphic artist. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia in 1940, later moving to Paris to continue his studies. It is in this city where he begins to relate to the works and most avant-garde and international artists such as Chillida, Palazuelo, Jean Arp, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Klee, Matisse and Picasso that would decisively influence his work. ...
