Josep Mª GuinovartArte Fundació Catalana Síndrome de DownBiography
Barcelona, 1927 - One of the best-known contemporary painters and printmakers, Guinovart is one of the finest artists to emerge out of Spain, since 1950. A member of the DAU AL SET group of artists, he is also a co-founder of TAHULL group, with other Spanish masters like Jaume Muxart, Antoni Tàpies y Joan Josep Tharrats. Trained at the School of Arts, Llotia (Spain), he travelled to France in 1952, where he discovered artists such as MATISSE and CÉZANNE and movements such as CUBISM. During his first years as an artist, he worked on murals, illustrations, advertisements and theatre sets. While his first works were FIGURATIVE, he soon graduated to works with a more SOCIAL theme and MURALS. He soon began experimenting with materials and objects and created ASSEMBLAGES and COLLAGES. His best known works remain ones where he uses SYMBOLS and often creates a poetic dialogue amongst the elements in the work. He has received the leading arts prize in Spain, the “Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas”, from the Spanish government. His works can also be discovered at the following MUSEUMS and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: - Casa de las Américas, Habana, Cuba. | |
