Josep Baqués

JOSEP BAQUÉS TOMÁS (Montmeló, Barcelona, 1931- Premià de Dalt, Barcelona, 2021).
"Venetian Equus with still life of Murano".
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower right corner. Signed and titled on the back.
Measurements: 73 x 60 cm; 96 x 83 cm (frame).

Baqués is endowed with great formal inventiveness to renew the topics of light and color of the figurative aesthetics. An assortment of elements build his peculiar communicative language, which is transmitted from iconic references of symbolist imprint. The artist describes faces and profiles that evoke Florentine Renaissance portraits (Inma Pueyo, art historian and critic).
Self-taught, Baqués has devoted himself mainly to advertising graphics. He also developed an important teaching work at the Escuela Oficial de Publicidad de Barcelona and at the Escuela Massana. His awards include the Delta de Plata ADI/FAD (1962) and the first prize for posters at the Joan Miró International Drawing Competition (1967). His artistic ability is reflected in the international projection of his work. In addition to having exhibited in numerous Spanish cities, his painting is present in various countries around the world, such as Italy, Germany, the United States, Japan, Sweden, France and Canada.