Montserrat Gudiol

Montserrat Gudiol
Born
Montserrat Gudiol i Corominas

9 June 1933
Barcelona, Spain
Died25 December 2015 (2015-12-26) (aged 82)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Other namesMontserrat Gudiol Corominas
FatherJosé Gudiol Ricart

Montserrat Gudiol (Montserrat Gudiol i Corominas; 9 June 1933 – 25 December 2015) was a Catalonian painter.[1]

Biography

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Gudiol was born in Barcelona as the daughter of the art historian José Gudiol Ricart, who authored many books and ran a medieval painting restoration studio.[1] She trained in his studio and began painting on her own in 1950.

In 1980 she made a monumental Saint Benedict for the Abbey of Montserrat and in 1981 she was the first woman to enter the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi [Wikidata] (Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi). Gudiol died in Barcelona.

Works

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She is known for her portrayals of (mostly female) figures portrayed in space with ambiguous backgrounds. Some of her work seems to recall Hieronymus Bosch with a wink at her father's studio, and others seem to reflect the works of famous painters of her day such as Picasso.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gudiol Corominas, Montserrat". Benezit Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00080295. Retrieved 2021-03-05.