Josep Guinovart

JOSEP GUINOVART BERTRAN (Barcelona, 1927 - 2007).
"Història Salvat de Catalunya".
Lithograph on Guarro paper, copy 36/150.
Signed, dedicated and justified by hand, dated 1978.
Size: 65 x 81 cm; 68 x 87 cm (frame).
Josep Guinovart trained between Barcelona and Paris, and took part in the São Paulo, Alexandria and Venice Biennials. He was a member of the avant-garde group Taüll, and his prizes include the City of Barcelona, the National Plastic Arts Prize and the Generalitat's Plastic Arts Prize. In 1994 the Guinovart Space was opened in Agramunt, Lleida, as a private foundation with a permanent exhibition of the artist's work. He is represented in the Museums of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Madrid and Mexico City, the Reina Sofía, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, the Casa de las Américas in Havana and the Museum of Fine Arts in Long Island, New York, among many others.