CODORNIU, Daniel

Daniel Codorniu Aloy (Palma de Mallorca, June 28, 1943 - December 28, 2023) was a prominent Spanish painter, draftsman, and professor, considered one of the great contemporary masters in capturing the Mallorcan landscape and Mediterranean light. He was born in Palma de Mallorca, where he began his artistic training at the School of Arts and Crafts. In 1959, he moved to Barcelona to continue his studies at the Sant Jordi Higher School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1963. After completing his military service in Sidi Ifni (Africa), he returned to Spain and officially obtained his drawing teacher's degree. Later, through a competitive civil service examination, he achieved the status of full professor of drawing, balancing his teaching career with a prolific artistic path. Since the 1960s, he actively participated in numerous painting contests in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia (Pollença, Barcelona, Santanyí, Felanitx, among others), earning multiple awards and mentions. His work sits halfway between impressionism and post-impressionism, driven by a strong desire to capture nature from life. He is widely recognized as one of the artists who has most consistently portrayed the landscapes of Mallorca. He stood out as an extraordinary draftsman and an undisputed master of color composition. His canvases (worked in oil, acrylic, or pastel) are characterized by a luminous and vibrant vision dominated by chromatic contrasts, eternal sunsets, the warm atmosphere of the Mediterranean, and seascapes featuring boats resting peacefully. He also cultivated the human figure from an intimate perspective. Daniel Codorniu’s work is part of prestigious public and private collections both nationally and internationally, notably the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, the Symposium Museum in Sweden, the National Art Museum of Cannes, the International Fine Arts Foundation of California, as well as art funds from banking entities and institutions such as the city councils of Madrid, Barcelona, Palma, and Bilbao, among many others.