Joan Vila Puig

JOAN VILA-PUIG (Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona, 1890 – Bellaterra, Barcelona, 1963).
“Late Guimera.”
Pastels on paper.
Signed in the lower left corner and titled in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 31 x 40 cm; 44 x 52 cm (frame).

Vila-Puig trained under Joan Vila Cinca and studied at the La Lonja School in Barcelona and the San Fernando School in Madrid. He traveled to Paris for the first time in 1919, where he was introduced to the work of the Impressionists. Upon his return, he devoted his work entirely to landscape painting. He held solo exhibitions in various Spanish cities and in Paris, and was awarded several medals at the National Fine Arts Exhibitions. He also received the Special Prize from the Ministry of Education at the 1942 National Exhibition in Barcelona, the silver medal from the city of Sabadell, the gold medal from the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and the Vila Cinca Prize from the Academy of Sabadell. His works are held in museums and collections in Sabadell, Barcelona, Oslo, Buenos Aires, and Venice.