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1927 Barcelona, Spain - 2007 Barcelona, Spain. Known for: Abstract, mural painting, collage, ceramics, design, lithography.
Josep Guinovart (1927-2007). Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró. By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008 . Josep Guinovart, who has died of a... Read full biography
Josep Guinovart (1927-2007). Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró. By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008 . Josep Guinovart, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was a prolific painter in a wide range of abstract styles. He was also a... Read full biography
Josep Guinovart (1927-2007). Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró. By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008 . Josep Guinovart, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was a prolific painter in a wide range of abstract styles. He was also a political artist, seeing himself in the tradition of his Barcelona forerunners, the communist Picasso and the Catalan nationalist Joan Miró, whose shapes and colours influenced him strongly. Like Miró,... Read full biography
Josep Guinovart (1927-2007). Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró. By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008 . Josep Guinovart, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was a prolific painter in a wide range of abstract styles. He was also a political artist, seeing himself in the tradition of his Barcelona forerunners, the communist Picasso and the Catalan nationalist Joan Miró, whose shapes and colours influenced him strongly. Like Miró, who claimed he painted in bare feet to feel the Catalan earth, Guinovart was profoundly influenced by Catalan landscape. During the Spanish civil war (1936-39) he was evacuated from Barcelona to his maternal grandparents' home near the village of... Read full biography
Josep Guinovart (1927-2007). Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró. By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008 . Josep Guinovart, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was a prolific painter in a wide range of abstract styles. He was also a political artist, seeing himself in the tradition of his Barcelona forerunners, the communist Picasso and the Catalan nationalist Joan Miró, whose shapes and colours influenced him strongly. Like Miró, who claimed he painted in bare feet to feel the Catalan earth, Guinovart was profoundly influenced by Catalan landscape. During the Spanish civil war (1936-39) he was evacuated from Barcelona to his maternal grandparents' home near the village of Agramunt, in the province of Lleida. There he imbibed the colour and feel of the wheatfi... Read full biography
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Josep Guinovart (1927-2007)
Catalan abstract painter who saw himself in the tradition of Picasso and Miró
By Michael Eaude. The Guardian, Monday 14 January 2008
Josep Guinovart, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was a prolific painter in a wide range of abstract styles. He was also a political artist, seeing himself in the tradition of his Barcelona forerunners, the communist Picasso and the Catalan nationalist Joan Miró, whose shapes and colours influenced him strongly.
Like Miró, who claimed he painted in bare feet to feel the Catalan earth, Guinovart was profoundly influenced by Catalan landscape. During the Spanish civil war (1936-39) he was evacuated from Barcelona...But wait, there's more...
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