Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura
Aurèlia Muñoz (1926–2011) was a Spanish textile artist. She is known for her tapestries and fiber sculptures. Muñoz was born on April 13, 1926 in Barcelona.
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Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura
- Name
- Aurèlia Muñoz
- Born
- 13 April 1926
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Died
- 9 June 2011
- Education
- Escola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny
- Field
- Fiber art
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- designer · textile artist · weaver
- Honours
- Saint George's Cross
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan
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Aurèlia Muñoz (1926–2011) was a Spanish textile artist. She is known for her tapestries and fiber sculptures. Muñoz was born on April 13, 1926 in Barcelona.
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She attended the Escola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny. She was part of the new era of textile art in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993 Muñoz received the Creu de Sant Jordi for her craftsmanship and her part in the renewal of textile art in Catalonia. She was a member of the World Crafts Council. Muñoz died in Barcelona on 9 June 2011. From 2019 through 2021 the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya highlighted her work in an exhibition entitled Knotting the Space. Her work was included in the 2021 exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.
Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura studied at Massana School. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Work by Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Museu de Valls, Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària, MACBA Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art and Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross.
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• Name — Aurèlia Muñoz • Other Names — Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura • Born — 13 April 1926 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 9 June 2011 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Education — Escola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny • Field — Fiber art • Website — aureliamunoz.cat
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Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura is recorded as having received Saint George's Cross.
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1926
Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura born at Barcelona.
2011
Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura died at Barcelona.
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Muñoz' work is in the permanent collections of the Fondation Toms Pauli, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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- 1.Aurelia Muñoz.
- 2.Aurèlia Muñoz i Ventura.
- 3.Esquela online de Aurelia Muñoz Ventura fallecido en Barcelona #DEP.
- 4.Anudar el espacio. Donación Aurèlia Muñoz.
- 5.Aurèlia Muñoz.
- 6.Exposición Internacional de Experiencias Artístico - Textiles: Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo.
- 7.Aurelia Muñoz Ventura Real Academia de la Historia.
- 8.Aurèlia Muñoz. Biografía.
- 9.Aurelia Muñoz. MNAC.
- 10.Aurèlia Muñoz.
- 11.Aurèlia Muñoz.
- 12.ARCOmadrid celebra el apoyo del mundo del arte en una de sus ediciones más maduras.
- 13.Aurèlia Muñoz, entre el MoMA y el MNAC.
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