Modest Cuixart

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Modest Cuixart

Modest Cuixart i Tàpies or Modesto Cuixart i Tàpies (born November 2, 1925 in Barcelona , † October 31, 2007 in Palamós ) was a Spanish painter . He was one of the most important representatives of Spanish post-war painting who worked in the style of Abstract Expressionism and Informel .

life and work

Modest Cuixart was a cousin of Antoni Tàpies . He originally studied medicine before attending the Acadèmia Lliure de Pintura in Barcelona and devoting himself exclusively to painting.

Modest Cuixart's painting was originally strongly influenced by Expressionism . His art later developed into abstract painting and experiments in Informel .

In 1948 Cuixart co-founded the artist group Dau al Set , together with Joan Brossa , Joan Ponç , Antoni Tàpies , Arnau Puig and Joan-Josep Tharrats in Barcelona.

Modest Cuixart's art gained international attention in the 1950s. In 1951 he received one of the first prizes at the 1st  São Paulo Biennale and took part in the documenta in Kassel . He has been awarded numerous prizes in Spain, including the St. Jordi Cross , the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Barcelona Gold Medal .

Modest Cuixart took part in the 1958 Venice Biennale and documenta 2 (1959) in Kassel . Most recently he lived and worked in Girona ( Catalonia , Spain ) and Paris .

Important exhibitions

(Selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1954: "Antológica 1946–1955" Museo Municipal de Mataró
  • 1958: Galerie René Drouin, Paris
  • 1959: Tooth Gallery, London / “Eloge a la matière” Galerie Saint Germain, Paris
  • 1960: “ Antagonismes ”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris / Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires / Paul Joachim Gallery, Chicago
  • 1961: Exhibition of his work on Bertolt Brecht at the Thêatre des Champs Elyseés, Paris
  • 1962: " Presencias 1945–1962 " Galeria René Metras, Barcelona / Galeria l'Attico, Rome
  • 1964: Galeria Bonino, New York
  • 1968: Museum of Modern Art, Jerusalem
  • 1969: Galerie Angle Aigu, Brussels / “ Presencias de nuestro tiempo ” René Metras, Barcelona / Musée Rath , Geneva
  • 1972: Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Madrid
  • 1974: Château de Castell Nou, France
  • 1975: " Desde Dau al Set, antológica " Galeria Dau al Set, Barcelona
  • 1977: Galerie d'Eent, Amsterdam / Galería Rayuela, Madrid
  • 1980: Museo de Arte Moderno, Caracas
  • 1984: Museo de Arte Nacional, Mexico / Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
  • 1985: Casa Cultura, Girona / Center d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona
  • 1988: Fundació Lladró, New York / Antológicas in Kobe and Tokyo, Japan / Antológicas , Girona
  • 1989: " Antológica ", Andorra la Vella ; Andorra
  • 1991: “ Antològica 1941–1991 ”, Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona
  • 1995: “ Antológica ” Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid de la Generalitat de Catalunya y Ayuntamiento de Madrid / Galleries Rifbroeck and Difswitk, Amsterdam
  • 1998: Galeria Llucià Homs, Barcelona
  • 2002: " Cuixart a Joan Ponç " Céret (France)
  • 2003: “ Cuixart Ara ” Sala Verdaguer- Generalitat de Catalunya-, Barcelona / “ Cuixart Antológica ” MACUF, La Coruña / Galeria Canals, Sant Cugat del Vallès

Group exhibitions

  • 1948: “ I Salón de Octubre ”, Barcelona
  • 1957: "Ouvres d'Art de quelques collections foréziennes" Musée de Saint-Étienne
  • 1958: 29th Venice Biennale / Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh , USA
  • 1959: documenta 2 art after 1945 Kassel / “ Jonge Spaanse Kunst ” La Haya, Amsterdam and Utrecht / “ La Jeune Peinture Espangole ”, Freiburg im Üechtland and Basel / “ Premio Lissone ” Milan
  • 1960: " New Spanish Painting " Tooth Gallery, London / " Before Picasso after Miró " Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York / " New Spanish Painting and sculpture " Modern Art Museum and Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC / " Actual Art " house am Waldsee, Berlin
  • 1961: “ Actual Spanish Art ” Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels; Munich, Helsinki / “ New Spanish Paintings ” Art Museum, Tokyo
  • 1962: " Modern Spanish Painting " Tate Gallery , London
  • 1966: Contemporary Spanish Artists . Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
  • 1970: “ Salón Internacional de Arte 70 ”, Basel
  • 1981: " Homenatge a Picasso " Galeria René Metras y Galeria Theo, Barcelona
  • 1982: Arco '82 Feria Internacional de Arte, Madrid
  • 1989: " Grans Pintors Catalans " Strasbourg / "De Goya a Cuixart", Kobe (Japan)
  • 1990: " The second vanguard " Baruch College Gallery, University of New York
  • 1992: Pabellón de Catalunya, Exposición Universal de Sevilla / “ Catalan Artists in Switzerland ” Davos / “ Després de Miró, Constants de l'art català actual ” Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
  • 1995: " Homenaje a Pierre Deffontaines " Institut Français, Barcelona / " Mediterrania un Mar d'Influències " Casal de Solleric, Palma
  • 1998: “ 104 EXLIBRID; Homage to Walter Benjamin ”, Lisbon
  • 1999: " Dau al Set " MACBA, Barcelona.

literature

  • Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
  • Sylvaine Hänsel, Henrik Karge: Spanish Art History - An Introduction (in 2 volumes); Volume 2: From the Renaissance to Today . Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-496-01082-7

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personal data
SURNAME Cuixart, Modest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuixart i Tàpies, Modest; Cuixart Modesto (Spanish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2007
Place of death Palamós