Josep Grau-Garriga
Illustration — Josep Grau-Garriga Josep Grau-Garriga (February 18, 1929 - August 29, 2011) was a Catalan textile artist who cultivated various techniques: painting, drawing, engraving, wall painting, sculpture and above all tapestry. He was the director of the Escola Catalana del Tapís (Catalan School of Tapestry) and exhibited his works around the world. He was born in Sant Cugat del Vallès and died in Angers, Pays del Loire.
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Josep Grau-Garriga
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- Born
- 1929. · Sant Cugat del Vallès.
- Died
- 2011. · Angers.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- painter, textile artist, muralist and engraver.
- Education
- Escola de la Llotja and Barcelona School of Fine Arts.
- Languages
- Spanish and Catalan.
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Illustration — Josep Grau-Garriga Josep Grau-Garriga (February 18, 1929 - August 29, 2011) was a Catalan textile artist who cultivated various techniques: painting, drawing, engraving, wall painting, sculpture and above all tapestry. He was the director of the Escola Catalana del Tapís (Catalan School of Tapestry) and exhibited his works around the world. He was born in Sant Cugat del Vallès and died in Angers, Pays del Loire.
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• 1964. Sala Gaspar. Barcelona • 1967. General Directorate Exhibition Hall of Fine Arts. Madrid • 1968. Sala F. Domingo. São Paulo (Brazil) • 1968/1969/1970/1972/1975. La Demeure Gallery. Paris • 1970. The Córdoba Museum. Lincoln. Massachusetts. (US) • 1970. The Houston Fine Arts Museum. Houston. (US) • 1971/75. The Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts. Birmingham. (US) • 1971/73/74/77/83. Arras Gallery. New York (US) • 1972. Casa de la Vall. Andorra la Vella (Andorra) • 1972. Antonana Gallery. Caracas (Venezuela) • 1973. René Metrás Gallery. Barcelona • 1973. Textile Museum. Terrassa • 1973. Old Hospital of the Holy Cross. Barcelona • 1974. Los Angeles Country Museum. Los Angeles. (US) • 1979. Febo Gallery. Sant Cugat del Vallès • 1979. Fucares Gallery. Almagro (Spain) • 1981. UNESCO Palace. Paris • 1982/85. Cloisters of the Royal Monastery. Sant Cugat del Vallès • 1982. Carcassonne (France) • 1987. Rufino Tamayo Museum. Mexico D.F • 1988. Palau Robert. Barcelona • 1989. Jean Lurçat Museum. Angers (France) • 1990. Museum of History. Sabadell • 1990/96/99. Canals, Art Gallery. San Cugat • 1992. Can Mulà Cultural Center. Mollet del Vallès • 1992. Punto Gallery. Valencia • 1992. Franciscan Cultural Center of Abidja. Abidja (Ivory Coast) • 1993. Temple Romà. Vic • 1999. Benassar Gallery. Madrid • 1999. Blanquerna Gallery. Madrid • 1999. Canals Art Gallery, Sant Cugat • 1999. Galerie Xavier Delannoy, La Garde-Freinet (French) • 2002. Abbaye de Ronceray and Musée Jean Lurçat d'Angers, Angers (France) • 2009. Abbey of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (France). • 2010. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Angers (France) • 2015. Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid. • 2022- MACBA Museum, Barcelona
Josep Grau-Garriga à St Cugat, Espagne vers 1975. - photo recadrée en portrait
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Sant Cugat del Vallès.
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- 1.« Grau-Garriga : la Loire est en deuil » sur angersmag.info.
- 2.Francesc Miralles, L’École catalane de tapisserie, extraits, traduction Beatrice Maître, dossier de presse de l’exposition : « De l'ombre à la lumière », musée Jean Lurçat à Angers, 2011.
- 3.André Kuenzi, La Nouvelle Tapisserie, Éditions de Bonvent, Genève, 1974, 100 et s.
- 4.Pilar Parcerisas, Grau-Garriga, Édition Comunne d’Encamp, Principauté d’Andorre, 1987.
- 5.État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970.
- 6.Tapisserie comparée aux Paysages de Jean-Baptiste Corot par Arnau Puig, critique d'art espagnol.
- 7.Pièces de vêtement intégrées pour la première fois.
- 8.Tapisserie comparée au Bœuf écorché de Rembrandt par Arnau Puig.
- 9.Tapisserie d'une grande complexité technique selon Arnau Puig.
- 10.Peinture pouvant être interprétée comme une référence au Christ mort de Philippe de Champaigne.
- 11.Portrait pouvant être comparé à Gabrielle d'Estrées.
- 12.Peinture pouvant être comparée au Jugement Dernier.
- 13.Tapisserie du Met de New York.
- 14.Peinture du FRAC de Lorraine.
- 15.Diàleg de llum, 1986 - 1988 Josep Grau-Garriga MACBA. MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
- 16.Exposition « Grau-Garriga à l'abbaye de Saint-Florent-le-Vieil ».
- 17.Rouen Tourisme, Exposition Galerie Duchoze, 2017.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 13
- Grau-Garriga, tapisseries d'École catalane, La Demeure, 1968.
- Grau-Garriga, musée des Beaux-Arts de Houston, Philippe de Montebello, 1970.
- Grau-Garriga, Arnau Puig, Éditions Cercle d'art, monographie de 1986.
- Grau-Garriga, Christian Delacampagne, Éditions Cercle d'art, 2000.
- Grau-Garriga, Gilbert Lascault, Éditions Cercle d'art, 2002.
- Grau-Garriga, Els anys a sant Cugat (1929-1957), Ramon Grau Soldevila, Cossetania Edicions, 2005.
- ECCE HOMO 02.06, Grau-Garriga, Ajuntament de Sitges, 2006.
- Grau-Garriga à Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, Éditions PACA, 2009.
- Grau-Garriga a Tarragona, Viena, 2010.
- Abécédaire vidéo : Le Petit Lexique de Grau-Garriga, François-Xavier Alexandre, 2010.
- Josep Grau-Garriga, dessins récents (2002-2010), Patrick le Nouëne, 2010.
- Grau-Garriga, dessins 1942-2010, Michèle Gazier, Dilecta, 2011.
- Tango, peintures du monde, éditions Æncrages & Co, sur des textes d'Yves Jouan, 2012.
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