Montserrat Gudiol

Biographical Sketch

The renowned Catalan painter Montserrat Gudiol Corominas was born in 1933 in Barcelona, where she lives and works today (cf. Catalogue Colexxion Sala Gaspar - 1986). Daughter of the art historian Josep Gudiol Ricart, she taught herself and arrived at her artistic language through her preoccupation with Catalan Gothic art combined with Surreal elements and influenced by Picasso's blue and pink periods. Gudiol uses an ancient painting technique: she applies colors in fine layers onto wooden panels grounded in plaster. In 1957, she received the Saint George Award from the city of Barcelona, followed by many other honors (cf. Benezit Vol. 5).

First exhibit 1950, Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Miami and Johannesburg, a series of exhibits worldwide. exhibits at the SALA GASPAR in Barcelona: 1962, '65, '67, '76, '80, '84 and '86. Series of exhibits through the Art Department Program, USA (1964-66); Gudiol's work is on exhibit at the modern art museums in Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao, Johannesburg, Pretoria (South Africa), San Diego and Flint (Michigan). ek

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References:

Joan Eduardo Cirlot: Montserrat Gudiol, Barcelona, Edicions Polígrafa, SA, 1972;

J. Corredor-Matheos, Montserrat Gudiol, realitat i simbol, Barcelona, Edicions Polígrafa, SA. 1990;

J. Corredor-Matheos, Història de l'art català Vol. IX La Segona Meitat del Segle XX. Edicions 62;

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