Josep Maria Subirachs

JOSEP MARIA SUBIRACHS SITJAR (Barcelona, 1927-2014).
Untitled.
Etching, copy 38/99.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 59 x 40 cm (print); 75 x 55 cm (paper).

After entering at the age of fourteen in the workshop of a gilder fond of sculpture, where he modeled his first works in clay, in 1942 he enters as an apprentice in the workshop of sculptor Enrique Monjó. Five years later he began working as an assistant to Enrique Casanovas. In 1948 he made his debut at the Casa del Libro in Barcelona, and in 1951 he traveled to Paris to complete his training, with a scholarship from the French Institute of Barcelona. He returns to his hometown in 1953 and is awarded the Sculpture Prize at the Jazz Salon. After two years working and exhibiting in Belgium he returns to Spain, and in 1958 he is awarded the Gran Premio San Jorge of the Diputación de Barcelona and the "Julio González" of the Cámara Barcelonesa de Arte. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and the United States, and in 1988 he was awarded the Medal of Merit in Fine Arts. In 1980 he was elected member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jorge. He is represented at the Centro Reina Sofía, the MACBA Museums in Barcelona, Ibiza, Seville and New York, the Fine Arts Museums of Bilbao, Birmingham, the Vatican, Taipei and Nebraska, the Museo al Aire Libre del Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, the Petit Palais Museum in Geneva and the Millesgärden in Stockholm, among others.