Josep Maria Miralles

JOSEP MARÍA MIRALLES (Manresa, Barcelona, 1937).
"Star Wars".
Mixed media on paper (x2).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 33 x 33 cm; 35 x 35 cm (frame); 30 x 30 cm; 50 x 36 cm (frame).
A self-taught artist, Josep Maria Miralles began his career collaborating with "Selecciones Ilustradas", in 1953, and also drawing comics for the French publishing house Artima. He would go on to live very productive years, drawing romantic stories for the British magazines "Valentine", "Marilyn" and "Roxy". However, more interested in color illustration, he began to alternate this activity with comics. Since the mid-sixties he would draw comics only occasionally, among them the one that appeared in the American magazine "Vampirella" in 1977: "Un insulto a la ciencia", with script by Fernando Fernández, author with whom he has shared several works. In the eighties he drew some more short stories, with scripts by Carlos Trillo, for the Toutain publishing house. As an illustrator, Miralles has worked for publishers in the United States (Dell Books, Ace Books), Spain (Afha, Plaza & Janés, Toray, Martínez Roca) and France (Hachette, Reader's Digest). Throughout his career, he has also been a painter and has exhibited his paintings on several occasions.