Rafel Tur Costa

Tur Costa, Rafel (Santa Eulària des Riu 1927 — Ibiza 2020) 

Rafel Tur Costa

He began his drawing studies at the age of fifteen at the School of Arts and Crafts in Ibiza, but his training can be described as self-taught. Although he began to paint figurative motifs, around the sixties he started in abstract art and is considered the first Ibizan painter of this style. His technique has evolved from oil and mixed media on paper, passing through the superimposition of layers, elements and materials that accentuate the effect of sculptural relief in his work until reaching a plastic composition three dimensional