Joan Vilà i Moncau

Wall painting by Joan Vilà i Moncau in the sacristy of the Church of Santa Maria del Tura, Olot: Maria del Tura, the Black Madonna and patron saint of Olot , with Jesus on her lap adored by two angels

Joan Vilà i Moncau (* 1924 in Vic , Osona , Catalonia , Spain ; † September 16, 2013 , Olot ) was a contemporary Catalan painter.

Vilà was trained as a painter at the Llotja barcelonina (Barcelona Lodge) in Vic and at the École du Louvre in Paris . He devoted himself to wall painting and created numerous works in Vic, Olot , la Seu d'Urgell and Ripoll . He participated frequently in the May and October salons (regular exhibitions) in Barcelona in the 1980s . He often exhibited his works as a member of the artist group “Grup dels Vuit” (Group of Eight) but also in important individual exhibitions in Sabadell (1957), Madrid (1962), Vic (1962 and 1964), Barcelona (1967 and 1975) and Figueres (1974) from. From 1970 bis 1984 led Vilà i Moncau the Academy of Art in Olot . His style represents a modernization of true realism. Thematically, he concentrated particularly on the rendering of “urban landscapes”. In 1991 Vilà i Moncau received the Georgskreuz (Premi Creu de Sant Jordi) from the Catalan government for outstanding cultural achievements.

literature

• Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana , volume 24, 2nd edition, 2nd reprint Barcelona 1992 (Enciclopèdia Catalana SA), ISBN 84-7739-100-9 (for volume 24); ISBN 84-85194-81-0 (for the complete works), page 125, article Vilà i Moncau, Joan .
• Article "Joan Vilà i Moncau" (in enciclopedia.cat in Catalan)
• Vicenç Coromina i Bartrina (Ed.): 80 Artistes Olotins del anys 80 . Olot 1982, OCLC 434435958 , article "Joan Vilà i Moncau", p. 144 (Catalan).
• Josep M. Garrut: Joan Vila-Moncau, in: Vicenç Coromina i Bartrina (editor), Olot Art, Doscents Anys de Pintura, Olot, April 1979, page 251 ff.
• Ajuntament d'Olot, Museu Comarcal Olot (ed.): Directors de l'Escola, Obres i Etapes, Escola de Belles Arts 1783–1983 (Edicions Municipals No 21), Olot 1983, 32 unnumbered pages, exhibition catalog from 1983 in Catalan , there from page 32 "Joan Vilà i Moncau, Director de l'Escola 1970–1983"
• Ajuntament d'Olot (editor), Josep M. Canals: Diccionari Biogràfic d'Olot, Olot 2015, ISBN 978-84-938058-4-5 , page 591, article “Vilà i Moncau, Joan”; there also a bibliography of other works by and about Joan Vilà i Moncau.