Josep Enric Balaguer

JOSEP ENRIC BALAGUER I PELEGRÍ (Gratallops, Tarragona, 1962).
Untitled, 1990.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right corner. Signed and dated on the back.
Measurements: 46 x 46 cm; 62 x 62 cm (frame).
Catalan painter of realistic language, Josep Enric Balaguer was formed in the schools Eina-3 and Illa, and began his career making drawings for cultural magazines. Encouraged by his mentor, Ricard Calvo, he began to paint, and in 1986 he made his debut in a group exhibition held at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sabadell. Two years later he held his first individual exhibition at the Cau d'Art gallery in the same city, and since then he has continued to show his work in Catalonia and London, and since 1991 he has devoted himself exclusively to painting. He is represented at the Vila Casas Foundation in Barcelona and the Museum of Art of Sabadell.