Description of the work

The work 1002 is by the artist Josep Guinovart. Technique with hand-lit engraving. Dimensions: 53.5 x 78 cm paper / 40.5 x 58 cm plate. Numbering and printing 17/50. In 2007. PVP: 885 €. Espai Cavallers Gallery, Lleida.

Josep Guinovart i Bertran was born in Barcelona on March 20, 1927.

Her paternal family is of Tarragona origin and her maternal family is from Agramunt. This geographical duality is constantly reflected in the artist's work: the infinite blues of the Mediterranean and the warm ochres of Urgell.

At a very young age he began his family workshop as a wall painter, a profession he later claimed in one of his works. He entered the School of Master Painters; in the School of Arts and Crafts and in the FAD classes. In 1953 thanks to a grant from the French state; he went to Paris where he became acquainted with the work of Cézanne and Matisse, who, together with Miró and Gaudí, were his most important influences.

EL 1954
together with other artists, they founded the ephemeral group Taüll, which brings together the avant-garde creators of those years.

He participated in the Spanish-American biennials in São Paulo (1952 and 1957), Alexandria (1955) and Venice (1958 and 1962).

In his early days he painted simple subjects of a popular character, treated with an extraordinary quality of drawing and a striking sense of color, which later often acquired social intent.
Fear is gradually abandoning representation and setting up a new universe where matter and elements become its language.

Josep Guinovart, a multifaceted figure, left his mark in many fields beyond the purely pictorial: in the world of theater, architecture, tapestry, sculpture, illustrations, and many others.
Sensitive to all visual and experiential stimuli; we discover in his work the traces of the journeys and experiences that a before and an after meant for him (Paris, Algeria, Mexico, New York ...).

During his long career he received the most important awards and distinctions in the world of the arts.
In 1994, thanks to the insistence of the then mayor of Agramunt, Mr. Josep Huguet, the Espai Guinovart Foundation was inaugurated in Agramunt; space where Guinovart collects his memories of the town linked to his roots and his memories of war.

An indefatigable worker, he died on December 12, 2007 with a brush in his hand, leaving a very important legacy of works that can be seen in museums and art centers around the world.

For more information on the work 1002 by the artist Josep Guinovart, in the gallery Espai Cavallers, Lleida.