Pascual Fort Pascual (

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, 1927 -

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, 1991) son of writer Jaume Fort i Prats, was a Catalan enameller, printmaker and gallery owner. From a family of goldsmiths and silversmiths (Joieria Fort in

) Pascual Fort dedicated himself to artistic experimentation through

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, enamel and reliefs. He settled in

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, where he founded the Galeria Fort, which the artist kept open for ten years (1964-1973) on the Rambla Nova, with his wife Mercè Barberà i Rusiñol. He was part of the artistic groups Cercle Pere Joan and Grup de Tarragona. He soon gained prestige in promoting the innovative art of the time. Both renowned artists ( Miró,

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...) and promising young people from the

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exhibited in the gallery. The chronicles of the various events and exhibitions were often collected by collectors and critics such as René Metras, Cirici Pellicer,

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, Corredor-Matheos, Giralt-Miracle, Miralles and others, interested in the trend of the Pascual Fort gallery. Pascual Fort and his wife spent several stays in New York —in those times already considered the artistic capital of the world— during the years 1965, 1966 and 1969. In 1965 he set up a workshop in that city, together with Núria Musté, also from Reus. Fort was awarded by the Brooklyn Museum and awarded a scholarship by the

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in recognition of his work as an avant-garde artist and promoter. In 1973, the Fort Barberà couple and their four children moved to

and

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. In 1978 Fort won the first prize at the III International Enamel Biennial in Limoges, with an enamel mural of 148 x 128 cm. He exhibited again in New York in 1976. In 1981, he conceived and carried out the first

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, still in force thanks to the drive of his widow. This competition annually invites printmakers from all over the world to take part with works sized 10 x 10 cm (3.9 x 3.9 in). The works of the winners of the previous year, and of all the participants of the current year are exhibited annually during the summer months at the Taller Galeria Fort in Cadaqués and then the exhibition makes an itinerant circuit through several cities of the world.

References

Bibliography

* ''Pascual Fort: esmalts, gravats, relleus''. Tarragona: La Diputació, 1997.

External links

Homage video from 1992 in You Tube.

Mini Print International of Cadaqués

(in Spanish) by José Antonio Millán
Tarragona : Museu d'Art Modern, DL 1997
{{Authority control (arts), country=ES Spanish enamellers Spanish printmakers 1927 births 1991 deaths People from Reus