Josep Grau-Garriga (February 18, 1929 - August 29, 2011) was a Catalan textile artist who cultivated various techniques: painting, drawing, engraving, wall painting, sculpture and above all tapestry. He was the director of the ''Escola Catalana del Tapís'' (Catalan School of Tapestry) and exhibited his works around the world. He was born in

Sant Cugat del Vallès Sant Cugat del Vallès () is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Vallès'' during the Second Spanish Republic, it is nam ...

and died in Angers, Pays del Loire.

Exhibitions

* 1964. Sala Gaspar. Barcelona * 1967. General Directorate Exhibition Hall of Fine Arts. Madrid * 1968. Sala F. Domingo. São Paulo (Brazil) * 1968/1969/1970/1972/1975. La Demeure Gallery. Paris * 1970. The Córdoba Museum. Lincoln. Massachusetts. (US) * 1970. The Houston Fine Arts Museum. Houston. (US) * 1971/75. The Birmingham Museum of Fine Arts. Birmingham. (US) * 1971/73/74/77/83. Arras Gallery. New York (US) * 1972. Casa de la Vall. Andorra la Vella (Andorra) * 1972. Antonana Gallery. Caracas (Venezuela) * 1973. René Metrás Gallery. Barcelona * 1973. Textile Museum. Terrassa * 1973. Old Hospital of the Holy Cross. Barcelona * 1974. Los Angeles Country Museum. Los Angeles. (US) * 1979. Febo Gallery. Sant Cugat del Vallès * 1979. Fucares Gallery. Almagro (Spain) * 1981. UNESCO Palace. Paris * 1982/85. Cloisters of the Royal Monastery. Sant Cugat del Vallès * 1982. Carcassonne (France) * 1987.

Rufino Tamayo Museum The Museo Rufino Tamayo, dedicated to the Mexican artist of the same name, may refer to: * Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City Museo Rufino Tamayo is a public contemporary art museum located in Mexico City's Chapultepec Park, that produces conte ...

. Mexico D.F * 1988.

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. Barcelona * 1989. Jean Lurçat Museum. Angers (France) * 1990. Museum of History. Sabadell * 1990/96/99. Canals, Art Gallery. San Cugat * 1992. Can Mulà Cultural Center. Mollet del Vallès * 1992. Punto Gallery. Valencia * 1992. Franciscan Cultural Center of Abidja. Abidja (Ivory Coast) * 1993. Temple Romà. Vic * 1999. Benassar Gallery. Madrid * 1999. Blanquerna Gallery. Madrid * 1999. Canals Art Gallery, Sant Cugat * 1999. Galerie Xavier Delannoy, La Garde-Freinet (French) * 2002. Abbaye de Ronceray and Musée Jean Lurçat d'Angers, Angers (France) * 2009. Abbey of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (France). * 2010. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, Cabinet d'arts graphiques, Angers (France) * 2015. Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid. * 2022- MACBA Museum, Barcelona

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grau-Garriga, Josep Tapestry artists 20th-century textile artists Artists from Catalonia People from Sant Cugat del Vallès 1929 births 2011 deaths