Josep Riera i Aragó
Riera i Aragó was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1954. He studied at the Sant Jordi Fine Arts School, graduating in 1973. Throughout his career he has made sculptures, paintings, and graphical work.
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Josep Riera i Aragó
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- Name
- Josep Riera i Aragó
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Education
- Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.
- Languages
- Spanish and Catalan.
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Riera i Aragó was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1954. He studied at the Sant Jordi Fine Arts School, graduating in 1973. Throughout his career he has made sculptures, paintings, and graphical work.
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His work often depicts machines using recycled bronze and iron. He has had important solo and group exhibitions and is present in several museum collections. In addition, he has made large sculptures for public spaces.
Josep Riera i Aragó studied at Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Work by Josep Riera i Aragó is recorded in the collections of Vanderbilt Museum of Art and CODA Museum.
Avió sobre vaixell de Josep Maria Riera i Aragó al Poble Espanyol
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Key facts
• Name — Josep Riera i Aragó • Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Artist
Museums
Museums
Musée de Ceret, France- Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona - Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxembourg – Col•lecció Testimoni - Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona - Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles (France) - Städtische Museen, Heilbronn (Germany) - Musée Réattu, Arles (France) - Museum Otani, Nishinomiya (Japan) - Fundació La Caixa of Girona - Collection Cai Luzan, Zaragoza - Col.lecció Institut D'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona - Museu d’Història de la Ciutat, Girona - Museu de l'Hospitalet - Collección Rega, Zurich, Switzerland - Fundación Fran Daurel, Barcelona - Musée d'Art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
Identity
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Josep Riera i Aragó is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as sculptor, painter and etcher. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Josep Riera i Arago and Riera i Aragó. His recorded languages were Spanish and Catalan.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1954
Josep Riera i Aragó was born on 1 January 1954.
Publications
Riera i Aragó, Ediciones Polígrafa, 1991, Text by Gloria Picazo Riera i Aragó, Editions Cercle d’Art, 1992, Text by Gloria Picazo Riera i Aragó Iconografia, Ediciones Polígrafa 2003, Text by Valentin Roma
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