Joan Hernández Pijuan

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Joan Hernández Pijuan (born February 15, 1931 in Barcelona , † December 28, 2005 there ) was a Spanish painter.

Life

From 1945 to 1947 Pijuan was a student at the Llotja Art School in Barcelona, ​​from 1952 to 1956 he was a student at the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi in Barcelona, ​​where he also held a professorship from 1976.

He is one of the most important contemporary Spanish painters. He has always resisted assignments to certain directions and schools. Although his works show a high degree of abstraction, he has always refused to be classified as an abstract painter: "I always start from reality."

This reality was primarily the barren landscape of Catalonia . By simplifying and concentrating, Pijuan transformed them into striking surfaces, which he structured with carefully placed lines and points.

The artist was also a teacher: in 1989 he received the Chair of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona , which he held until his death. In 1992 he became dean of the faculty.

In 2005 he was an honorary participant in the 51st Venice Biennale .

Quote

"I always try to paint as if I didn't know anything about painting, as if every picture was my first."

Prices (selection)

2005
Spanish National Prize for Graphic Arts
1996
Appointment as a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid
1985
Creu de Sant Jordi (George Cross) of the Generalitat de Catalunya
1981
The National Prize for Plastic Arts - awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education
1981
National Fine Arts Prize, Madrid
1970
Redaction Prize of Vijesnik u Srijedu , Zagreb
II Bienal Internacional of Rijeka Drawings.
1966
I Bienal Internacional for Printmaking, Cracovia
1965
Malibor Prize. VI Bienal for Printmaking, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1958
Second Prize for Painting, Peintres Résidens , París

Solo exhibitions since 1999

1999
Marisa Marimón Gallery, Ourense
Galería Lekune, Pamplona
Galeria Van der Voort, Ibiza
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt am Main
Lutz & Thalmann Gallery, Zurich
Centro Cultural Cajastur, Gijón
2000
Rétrospective of the design 1972-1999 , Rupertinum , Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Salzburg
Renate Bender Gallery, Munich
Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
El Sonide de Paisagje , Galerie Academia, Salzburg
Baukunst Gallery, Cologne
Galeria Anna d'Ascanio, Rome
Center Jujol-Can Negre, Sant Joan d'Espí, Barcelona
Galeria Cyprus, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona
Blanca, Sala Veronicas, Murcia
Renos Xippas Gallery, Paris
2001
Colón XVI Gallery, Bilbao
Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York
Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona
2002
Academia Gallery, Salzburg
Caminar en l'espai, Torre Muntades, El Prat de Llobregat
2003
Museu d'Art Contemporani , Barcelona
Museum of Modern Art, Bologna
Malmö Art Gallery
Galerie Renate Bender, Open Art 2003, Munich
2004
Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Museo Morandi Bologna
2005
MICUS meets PIJUAN - A Dialogue (Open Art 2005), Galerie Renate Bender, Munich
2011
The colors of the earth , Sinclair House , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

literature

  • Andrea Firmenich, Johannes Janssen (ed.): Joan Hernández Pijuan. Colors of the earth / Colores de la tierra. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-86832-066-4 .
  • Joan Hernández Pijuan. Drawings 1989 - 2004. Ed. by Peter Dittmar. Ed. Dittmar, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-9806903-4-8 .
  • Joan Hernández Pijuan. Catalog of the exhibition October 15 - December 4, 1999. Galerie Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-9521558-5-3 .
  • Joan Hernández Pijuan. Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition "Joan Hernández Pijuan" in the Dittmar Gallery, April to June 2014. Ed. Peter Dittmar. Ed. Dittmar, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815472-1-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Light, color, simple composition in: FAZ from October 4, 2011, show pages, page 2
personal data
SURNAME Pijuan, Joan Hernández
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2005
Place of death Barcelona