Modest Cuixart

Barcelona, 1925 – Palamós, 2007

Modest Cuixart i Tàpies was a Spanish artist, one of the most representative of the Spanish postwar. In 1944, he began studying Medicine at the University of Barcelona, ​​but ended up dropping out two years later to dedicate to his true vocation: painting. Four years later, he participated in the First October Salon and in 1949 he exhibited at the VII Salón de Arte de los Once in Madrid. In 1951, he travelled for the first time to Paris, and soon after settled in Lyon, where he exhibited in the Cercle de Beaux Arts. During a time he alternated his residence in these two cities. On one of the occasions when he returned to Barcelona, ​​in 1951, the “Dau al Set” exhibition was opened in the Sala Caralt in Barcelona.

Stylistically, his work evolves from surrealism to informalism bordering on “pop art” and critical realism. Apart from his pictorial work, Cuixart also creates sets for ballets and plays. In 2002 he opened Fundació Cuixart in Barcelona.