Joan gardy artigas biography
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Joan GARDY-ARTIGAS
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Joan Llorens i Gardy is a ceramist born in 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt. He fryst vatten the son of the ceramist Josep Llorens Artigas, friend of Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. He signed beneath the pseudonym Joan Gardy Artigas.
He attended the École du Louvre and then the Beaux-Arts. While his father lived in Catalonia, he developed his own style through contact with Parisian artistic life. He opened his ceramics studio in Paris, became close to Giacometti, and worked with Braque and Chagall. He then met Sam Szafran with whom he created two ceramic walls in the 2000s, commissioned by Léonard Gianadda for the Szafran Pavilion at the Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland.
In the 1950s, Joan Miró collaborated with his father Josep in the creation of various monumental ceramic walls. When Josep's age prevented him from continuing his work, Miró called on Joan - known as Joanet - with whom he would work for more than twe
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Joan Gardy Artigas
Catalan ceramist and sculptor
Joan Gardy Artigas | |
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Fonda Europa, a building decorated by Joan Gardy Artigas in Granollers | |
| Born | (1938-06-18) June 18, 1938 (age 86) Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Ceramist and collaborator with Joan Miró |
Joan Gardy Artigas (born 18 June 1938) is a Catalan ceramist and sculptor. He and his likewise ceramist father were close collaborators with Joan Miró.
Life
[edit]Artigas was born on 18 June 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt (near Paris) and his father was Josep Llorens Artigas who worked closely with Miró and Pablo Picasso. Artigas was able to work for Miró, whilst still a teenager, because of his father's relationship with Miró. Artigas trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he met the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.[1] Artigas established his own studio where at Giacometti's suggestion he concentrated on sculpture.
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Joan Gardy Artigas is a Catalan ceramist, artist and was a close collaborator with Joan Miró. Artigas was born on June 18, 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris. His father Josep Llorens Artigas worked closely with Miró and Pablo Picasso. Artigas was able to work for Miró while still a teenager because of his father's relationship with the famous artist.Artigas trained at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris where he met the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Artigas established his own studio where, at Giacometti's suggestion, he concentrated on sculpture. Artigas had some success and supplied his expertise to the cubists Georges Braque and Marc Chagall.Through many collaborations, Artigas continued his own art and he was awarded his first solo exhibition in America in 1982. He has been a visiting artist at two American universities and he has founded a foundation to celebrate his father's work. Gardy Artigas also serves on the board of the found