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Artist: Joan Abello ( Spain, 1922 - present ) -
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Main Category: Painting
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Biography: Joan Abelló i Prat was born in Mollet del Vallès in 1922 and took his first steps in the world of painting at an early age. Of his training period, we should mention the teaching he received from Pere Pruna and Carles Pellicer, and the influence of Joaquim Mir who he became acquainted with during his stays in Mollet.
Just like many 20th century artists, Abelló stayed in London, Belgium, the Isle of Man, Paris… In the sixties he returned to Mollet – where he once again became interested in the Vallès and Mediterranean landscapes –, but he didn’t abandon long journeys throughout Europe, Africa, the Ivory Coast, Morocco or Brazil.
In parallel with his artistic side, Abelló developed a passion for collecting, which he began undoubtedly influenced by the Pellicer house and Miracle’s studio, where he learnt restoration, and also by his visits to Manolo Hugué’s studio. Little by little, Joan Abelló increased his collection, which, in the future, was to become the embryo of the museum.
In 1996, he donated his art collection to the Mollet del Vallès Town Council and the Joan Abelló Municipal Foundation was created, inaugurating the Museum in the month of March, 1999.
Permanent exhibition at Hotel Estela Barcelona - Hotel del Arte, Sitges (Spain)
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Exhibition History: Collective exhibitions (selection)
1949 – Autumn Exhibition, Madrid.
1950 – Maillol Circle exhibition, Barcelona.
1952 – Velazquez Galleries, Buenos Aires.
1953 – Municipal Fine Arts and Royal Circle of Artists Exhibition, Barcelona.
1954 – Ateneu Barcelona and October Exhibition, Barcelona.
1955 – Biennial Latin American Art Exhibition, Barcelona
1957 - 1st May Exhibition, Barcelona. Biennial Latin American Exhibition, La Habana (Cuba).
1958 - “Vallès Oriental and its artists”, Güell Palace, Barcelona.
1960 – 4th May Exhibition, Barcelona. Catalan circle, Madrid.
1961 – Exhibition in Alberta, Canada.
1962 – 1st Current Art Exhibition. Joan Miró Award, Barcelona.
1976 – International Lithograph Exhibition, Turin (Italy).
“Catalan Spanish Paintings”, Hébert-D’Uckermann Foundation, Grenoble (France).
1977 – National Fine Arts Society, Paris.
1978 - “Catalan Spanish Paintings” , Avignon.
1982 - Avignon Exhibition and Arles Exhibition (France).
1983 - “Nations Exhibitions”, Paris.
1986 – 1st Biennial Art Exhibition Barcelona Football Club, Pedralbes Palace, Barcelona.
1990 - “Contemporary Masters of Spain in New York “, Montserrat Gallery.
1992 – Manel Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona.
1993 – Luchon Art Exhibition, Art Espace Berger Gallery, Luchon (France).
1994 - “On Dau al Set”, Grifé & Escoda Gallery, Barcelona. 1st Amàs International Artists, Viella.
1997 - “MolletArt 97”, Mollet del Vallès.
Selective Exhibition, Can Mulà, Mollet del Vallès.
1999 – Mollet Art 99, Mollet del Vallès.
2001 – “Abelló – Mir” Exhibition Room Caixa Foundation, Manlleu de Vic.
2002 – “Contemporary Spanish painting” El Corte Inglés, Madrid.
2003 – “Catalan Painters”, El Corte Inglés – Diagonal, Barcelona.
“18th Spring Exhibition”, El Quatre Sala d’Art, Granollers.
2004 – “Pere Pruna: 100 years”, Pere Pruna Cultural Room in Barcelona.
19th Spring Exhibition. El Quatre Sala d’Art in Granollers.
2005 – 20th Spring Exhibition. El Quatre Sala d’Art in Granollers.
Individual exhibitions (selection)
1947 - Sala Caralt, Barcelona.
1952 - Van Gogh Gallery and Casa de Artista, Barcelona.
1954 – Argos Gallery, Barcelona.
1958 - La Pinacoteca, Barcelona.
Dintel Gallery, Santander
1959 – Biosca Gallery, Madrid.
1960 – Illescas Gallery, Bilbao.
1961 – “Teatime” Engravings, La Pinacoteca, Barcelona.
1963 - Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway (England).
Halifax House, Oxford (England).
1966 - Salle du Terminal, Ambères (Belgium).
1967 - Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway (England).
1968 - Jardins de Mn. Poten, Marrakesh (Morocco).
1969 - Ramon Durán Gallery, Madrid.
1970 - Saint-Martens-Latem (Belgium).
1974 - “Abelló Selective Exhibition”, Library of Catalonia, Barcelona.
Dintel Gallery, Santander.
Del Campo Gallery, Ambères (Belgium)
1976 - Art et Matière Gallery, Grenoble.
1977 – Ingres Gallery, Madrid.
1980 - La Maison de la Culture, Grasse (France).
1981 - Gran Palais, Paris.
1982 - “Abelló Selective Exhibition”, Pope’s Palace, Avignon (France).
Ta Nisia Galleries, New York.
1983 – Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt.
1989 - “Selective Exhibition”, International Painting Fund, Barcelona.
1993 - “Selective Exhibition”, Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona.
1996 - “Easter Island”, Llucià Homs Gallery, Barcelona.
1997 - Fontana d’Or, Girona.
1998 - “Abelló 75 years”, selective exhibition. Can Mulà Cultural Centre, Mollet del Vallès.
1999 – “Joan Abelló, between imagination and abstraction”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès.
2000 – “Abelló. Today, yesterday and forever”, Rusiñol Gallery, Sant Cugat del Vallès.
2001 – “Joan Abelló and landscape”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès.
2002 – “Abelló. Gouaches”, Brok Gallery in Barcelona.
“Abelló- 80”, El Quatre, Granollers
“Abelló in Russia”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès
2003 – “Joan Abelló and landscape”, La Unió Municipal Cultural Centre, Teià.
2004 – “Abelló in Madrid”, City Museum, Madrid.
2005 – “Abelló with private collections” in the Joan Abelló Municipal Museum.
“Abelló in France”, International Painting Fund in Barcelona presenting the book Abelló in the Alps.
“Joan Abelló, pastels”, A. Cortina Gallery in Barcelona.
Prizes
1944 – 3rd Medal, National Exhibition, Madrid.
1949 – Prize of Honour, Mollet del Vallès Painting Contest.
1951 – 1st Prize in Watercolour, Vallès Artists.
1952 – 1st Class Diploma in the Eucharistic Congress Artistic Contest.
1955 - Drawing Prize from the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
“Artur Potau” Landscape Prize in the Seix Contest.
1958 – 1st Prize “Aureli Biosca” in the City of Terrassa Contest.
“Vescomte de Güell” Drawing Prize in the Seix Contest. Special prize from the Department of Fine Arts in the Tossa de Mar contest.
1963 - “Sir Winston Churchill Commemorative Crown”, Oxford.
1965 – Special prize in Sant Pol de Mar. 1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1966 – Lithograph Prize in Zurich.
1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1969 – Special mention at the Avignon Exhibition.
1973 – Fortuny Grant from the Barcelona County Council.
1976 –Internazionale Biella per l’Incisione prize (Italy).
1981 – Medal from the Herbert Duckermann Foundation, Grenoble.
1982 – Diploma and silver medal at “Arts, Sciences and Letters”, Paris.
Silver medal, Arles Exhibition, France.
1983 – 2nd Diploma Maestro di Pittura Honoris Causa, Rome.
1989 – Gold medal from the International Painting Fund in Barcelona.
1990 – “Microphone of the Year” Prize awarded by Radio Mollet.
1992 – Medal from the Ateneu Barcelonès.
1993 – Silver medal from the Dr. Melcior Colet Museum and Study Centre of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. Gold medal from the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
2002 – Xammar de la Cultura Prize awarded by Omnium Cultural.
Sant Jordi Cross from the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.
Permanent exhibition at Hotel Estela Barcelona - Hotel del Arte, Sitges (Spain)
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Collections: List of Museums which house works by Joan Abelló
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid.
Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona.
Museum of Modern Art, Bilbao.
Badalona Museum (Barcelona).
Museum of Europe, Lausanne.
Sant Pol de Mar Museum.
Tossa de Mar Museum.
Castell de Geltrú Museum.
The Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Vatican Museum, Rome.
Polder Museum, Ambères (Belgium).
The Courtauld Collection, London.
Art 2000 Museum, Torroella de Montgrí.
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Bibliography: JOAN ABELLÓ Bibliography
ABELLÓ PRAT, Joan. "L'hora del Te". 1st Edition. Text printing: Salvador Salvadó Cots. Etch printing: Joan Barbará. Barcelona, 1961.
ABELLÓ PRAT, Joan. "L'hora del Té". 2nd Edition: facsimile edition. Editorial Mediterrània, S.A., Barcelona, 1988.
Joan Abelló school students. "Joan Abelló vist pels nens". Editorial Mediterrània, S.A., Barcelona 1994.
ARNAL, Jaume. "Juan Abelló". Col•lecció Espacio y Punto, nº 4. Fonolleras Editor, Barcelona, 1961.
BAYÉS, Pilarín - FERRER, Ma. Àngels. "Petita història de Joan Abelló". Editorial Mediterrània, S.A., Barcelona 1990.
BENTZ OLIVER, José F. " Abelló”. Ars-Ausa Monographs, Editorial Ausa, Sabadell, 1988.
BENTZ OLIVER, José F. "Joan Abelló, entre la Figuració i l’abstracció”. Published by: Fundació Municipal Joan Abelló. Printed by Copia Instan SL, Barcelona, 1999.
BENTZ OLIVER, José F. "Joan Abelló, i el paisatge”. Published by: Fundació Municipal Joan Abelló. Printed by Copia Instan SL, Barcelona, 2001.
BENTZ OLIVER, José F. “Abelló. La fuerza del color”. Editorial Plecs d’Art SL. Barcelona, july, 2001.
BENTZ i OLIVER, Josep F. Abelló en Madrid. Published by: “Concejalia del Area de Gobierno de las Artes”, Madrid, 2004.
BENTZ OLIVER, José F. "Joan Abelló a les col•leccions particulars”. Published by: Fundació Municipal Joan Abelló. Printed by Copia Instan SL, Barcelona, 2005.
CASADEMONT, Tina, FERNÁNDEZ, Víctor and PUIGVERT, Antoni. "Girona per Abelló". Carmen Gallery, Barcelona, 1997.
COSTA, Albert and ABELLÓ, Joan. "Pistes de Àfrica". Boringher Foundation, Germany. Editorial Mediterrània, Barcelona. 1987.
FERNÁNDEZ, Víctor. "Joan Abelló de Pinceles y Moais". Editorial Mediterrània, SL Barcelona, December, 1996.
FERRER, Ma. Àngels. "Joan Abelló". Col•lecció Artistes de Casa Nostra. Volume 8. Editorial El Carme. Vic, 1988.
FONTBONA, Francesc. "Abelló, una trajectòria”. Book-catalogue exhibition Manel Mayoral, Barcelona, 1993.
IRIARTE, Joan. "Joan Abelló, obra antològica". Col•leccionables Mini Dossier. Artistes Plàstics Actuals, 1990.
KRASNOPROSHIN, Víctor. “Abelló”. Minsk, December, 2002.
LLOP, S. J. "Abelló". Gal Art Monographs. Volume 1, nº 2. Barcelona, October, 1986.
MANZANO, Rafael "La Revolución del pastel moderno". Edicions Polígrafa SA, Barcelona, 1987.
MAGNAN, Claude – LAFUENTE, Joseph-Marie and Anny “Abelló sur les chemins des Alpes”. Edicions Lamag, Barcelona, 2005.
MASATS, Josep - IRIARTE, Joan. "Joan Abelló". Editorial Àmbit. Col•lecció Nou Perfil, 1989.
MASATS, Josep - IRIARTE, Joan. "Abelló - Troballes”. Col•lecció Casa-Museo Abelló. Printed by Cuscó, Arts Gràfiques S.A., Barcelona, April, 1996.
MASATS, Josep. "Els murals de la casa - museu Abelló". Col•lecció Casa-Museo Abelló. Printed by I.G. Viladot, SL, March, 1992.
MASATS, Josep. “Les Arrels d’Abelló”. Editorial Mediterrània, Barcelona, December, 2001.
SANTOS TORROELLA, Rafael. "Abelló". La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca. Colección maestros actuales de la pintura y esculturas catalanas, nº 28. 1974.
SANTOS TORROELLA, Rafael. "Separata de l’Enciclopèdia Vivent de la Pintura i Escultura Catalana. Darreries del segle XX”. Volume I (AB - AY). Editorial Àmbit, 1966.
VOLTES, Pedro. "Abelló" Published by: Publicaciones Reunidas, S.A. Badalona, year 1974.
VOLTES, Pedro. “Joan Abelló. El cielo y la tierra”. Editorial Mediterrània, Barcelona, 2000.
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