Juana Francés

In 1957, she co-founded the El Paso (grupo) (El Paso/The Step) a Spanish Abstract Expressionism group. She died on 9 March 1990 in Madrid. Her work was included in the 1954, 1960 and 1964 Venice Biennale. It was also included in the 1960 exhibition Before Picasso; After Miró at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as well as the 1962 Tate exhibition Modern Spanish Painting. In 2023, her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her work is in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

Juana Francés studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Juana Francés is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Finnish National Gallery and Musée d'art moderne de Paris.

• Name — Juana Concepción Francés • Born — 31 July 1924 • Birthplace — Altea, Spain • Died — 9 March 1990 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Education — Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando • Field — painter • Movement — Abstract Expressionism

The authorities additionally record the headings Juana Concepción Francés, Juana Frances, Juana Concepcion Frances, Juana Concepción Francés de La Campa and Juana Conception Frances. Her recorded language was Spanish. She married Pablo Serrano.