Maria Assumpció Raventós

MARIA ASSUMPCIÓ RAVENTÓS (Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Barcelona, 1930).
"Somni d'una nit d'estiu", 2022.
Hand-woven tapestry.
With label on the back.
Measurements: 100 × 135 cm.

Maria Assumpció Raventós turns the fabric into an intimate, tactile and almost dreamlike landscape. The work is constructed from a range of raw tones, beige, ivory and soft ochre, which evoke a suspended, luminous and serene atmosphere, as if the memory of a summer night were fixed in the textile. The large fluffy masses of the lower band introduce an organic presence, close to plant formations, clouds or flowers, while the hanging threads bring movement and a delicate sensation of fragility.

The artist belongs to the renewal of Catalan tapestry in the second half of the twentieth century, linked to the Catalan School of Sant Cugat and the environment of Josep Grau-Garriga and Susanna Rolando.

Maria Assumpció Raventós studied at the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi in Barcelona. She furthered her studies in printmaking in Paris and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, and developed an outstanding career in the field of textile art, with exhibitions all over the world. Her work is represented in institutions such as MACBA in Barcelona and MACVAC in Vilafamés, among others. She was awarded the City of Barcelona Engraving Prize, the Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, the Bratislava International Textile Biennial Prize and the Creu de Sant Jordi.