Josep Guinovart

JOSEP GUINOVART BERTRAN (Barcelona, 1927 - 2007).
Untitled, 1995.
Etching on paper. Copy 44/75.
Signed, dated and justified in pencil in the lower area.
Measurements: 26,5 x 16 cm (print): 37,5 x 28,5 cm (paper); 39,5 x 29,5 cm (frame).
Josep Guinovart was trained at the School of Master Painters, at the School of Arts and Crafts and in the classes of the FAD. He exhibited individually for the first time in the Syra galleries in Barcelona in 1948. He soon acquired a solid prestige, collaborated with Dau al Set and participated in the salons of October, Jazz and Eleven. In the fifties he lived in Paris, where he became deeply acquainted with the work of Cézanne and Matisse, who, together with Miró and Gaudí, were his most important influences. In 1955, together with Aleu, Cuixart, Muxart, Mercadé, Tàpies and Tharrats, he formed the Taüll group, which brought together the avant-garde artists of the time. He also participated in the Biennials of Sao Paulo, Alexandria and Venice. His awards include the City of Barcelona, the National Plastic Arts and Plastic Arts of the Generalitat. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in Barcelona, Madrid and Mexico City, the Museum of Outdoor Sculpture in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián, the Eusebio Sempere Museum in Alicante, the Museum of Navarra in Tafalla, the Casa de las Américas in Havana, the Bocchum Museum in Germany, the Museum of Fine Arts in Long Island, New York, and the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid.