1960s Marble Frieze by Alfonso Fraile

An Incredible 1960s Marble Frieze by Alfonso Fraile, carefully removed from the Building in Madrid for which it was designed. Comprising 23.3 square metres, surviving in entirety. Shown here is 3.6 M x 2.4 M. Ideal for re-use as per project requirements in any format.

Easily transportable on around 4 pallets.

Alfonso Fraile (born in Marchena 1930, died in Madrid 1988) studied a degree in Madrid, where he also began his studies in Architecture, which he would soon abandon to dedicate himself fully to painting. The artist entered the San Fernando Superior School of Fine Arts in 1951, where he obtained the title 'Professor of Drawing' in 1956. The same year, he was commissioned to make the murals of the Church of San Ignacio de Torrelodones in Madrid, and the following year, those of the Church of San Claudio de León. His first individual exhibition took place in the April Room (Madrid), in 1957. Two years later, he exhibited at the Biosca gallery. During the 60s, Fraile collaborated with the Rafael García Gallery in Madrid, creating paintings, murals, sculptures and decorative arts.

In 1961, the painter held his first solo exhibition in the United States at the Dyckson Gallery in Washington. He received the National Painting Prize in 1962, granted by the General Directorate of Fine Arts and the Critics Prize of the Ateneo de Madrid in 1963. Between 1963 and 1966 he participated in the group 'Nuevo Espacialismo' with Martín Caro, Medina and Vento, holding various exhibitions in the United States, grouped by the Bique Gallery in Madrid. In 1983 he received the National Prize for Plastic Arts from the Ministry of Culture. He held his first retrospective exhibition at the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid in 1985 and presented his last works at the Soledad Lorenzo Gallery in 1986.