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Painter, Plastic Art, b. 1918 - d. 2001

Joan-Josep Tharrats i Vidal (1918 in Girona – 2001 in Barcelona) was a Spanish painter, art theorist and publisher.

Born into an industrialist family, his father was the businessman and poet Josep Tharrats i Vilà. From 1932 to 1935 he lived in Béziers, before relocating to Barcelona where he studied at the Escola Massana. The Spanish Civil War brought his studies to an end, and he wouldn't resume his art career until 1942. His initial style was akin to Impressionism but moved into abstraction as the influence of Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky became more important to him. From 1946 on he used collage techniques. In 1947 he was introduced to artists Arnau Puig Grau, Joan Ponç, Modest Cuixart, Antoni Tàpies, Joan Brossa and Josep Vicenç Foix at the Institut Français in Barcelona. With some of these artists he founded the group Dau al Set, which published the magazine of the same name, printed in his atelier.

He was one of the most visible artists in the local avantgarde art of the post-war years. His style evolved from lineal abstraction influenced by surrealism (during his Dau al Set years) towards Art Informel working with texture, color and graphism. His work also includes a variety of posters, books, murals, stained glass, mosaics, jewelry and opera scenography. També va fer cartells, il·lustrà llibres i va fer murals, vitralls, mosaics, joies i fins i tot escenografies d'òpera (Spleen de 1984).

He had an individual exhibition in 1949 at the El Jardín gallery in Barcelona and became one of the most important Catalan artists in the international scene. From 1954 onwards he became a fixture of the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona and from 1955 in Stockholm and New York City. In 1959 his work was exhibited at the 5th São Paulo Biennale and at the Venice Biennale of 1960 and 1964. In 1966 he founded the Associació d'Artistes Actuals.

In 2000, Tharrats himself collaborated with monumental and small oil paintings in his last exhibition which was organized by Galeria Taüll of Barcelona.

In 2009, an important traveling exhibition called "Les maculatures de Tharrats" was arranged by the Cultural Department of the Diputació de Barcelona.

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  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin.
    Feb. 20, 2025

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin.

    Est: €2,800 - €3,000

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 50 x 35 cm; 81,5 x 66,5 cm (frame). In this painting with collage on paper made by Tharrats in the nineties, towards the end of his life, we can contemplate the consolidation of a language of informalist roots, which on this occasion stages the symbolic struggle between energy fields materialized in the form of chaotic strokes of calligraphic echoes and gestural impulses. After beginning his training in Béziers (France), in 1935 Tharrats returns to Barcelona and enters the Massana School. He began his artistic activity after the Civil War, in a style that evolved from a certain initial impressionism towards a progressive abstraction, through the influences of Mondrian and Kandinsky. Co-founder of Dau al Set together with Brossa, Ponç, Cuixart and Tàpies, Tharrats made his individual debut in 1949, at the El Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From 1954 he exhibited regularly at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, as well as in 1955 in Stockholm and New York, in 1959 at the Biennial of São Paulo, and in Venice at the Biennials of 1960 and 1964. In 1955, after the dissolution of Dau al Set, he participated in the constitution of the Taüll group together with Muxart, Guinovart and his former colleagues Cuixart and Tàpies. Eleven years later, in 1966, he was also a founder of the Association of Contemporary Artists. A pioneer of post-war Catalan avant-gardism, Tharrats evolved from the surrealist-influenced linear abstraction of his Dau al Set period to a richly textured, colorful, free-form informalism. Apart from easel painting, he developed his own version of printmaking techniques ("maculaturas"), and also made posters, book illustrations, murals, stained glass, mosaics, jewelry and opera scenographies. In 1983 he was awarded the Cross of Sant Jordi, and in 1994 the National Prize of Plastic Arts. That same year he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jordi. His work is present in various museums and collections around the world, such as the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the MACBA or the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.

    Setdart Auction House
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "JÚPITER", 1962.
    Feb. 13, 2025

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "JÚPITER", 1962.

    Est: €1,000 - €1,600

    Mixed media on canvas. Signed, dated and titled on the back. It has labels of the exhibition at Ateneo in Madrid, Sala Santa Catalina, held in 1962, and of the one held in 1975 at Fontana d'Or in Girona. Crack in the paint on the lower area and small defects. 81 x 100 cm; 89 x 108.5 cm (frame).

    Subarna Subastas
  • Tharrats. Christmas and congratulations
    Jan. 29, 2025

    Tharrats. Christmas and congratulations

    Est: -

    THARRATS, JJ- "CHRISTMAS AND CONGRATULATIONS" B.: Producciones Editoriales del Nordeste, 1953. 8th, hardcover with dust jacket. 66 pgs. + 1 h. + XL black plates. Three four-colour plates. Colour frontispiece, illustrations in the text. Includes an original Tharrats Christmas greeting card for 1954, which is a collage.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Acrylic on board. Signed in the lower margin.
    Jan. 16, 2025

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Acrylic on board. Signed in the lower margin.

    Est: €2,500 - €3,000

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Acrylic on board. Signed in the lower margin. Measurements: 94 x 124 cm; 95 x 125 cm (frame). In this painting on board, Tharrats displays a symbolic struggle between energy fields materialized in the form of airplanes or arrows that fall on a sphere of which we can only see the top and it could be the earth or another planet. We can contemplate here the consolidation of a material language of informalist roots. After beginning his training in Béziers (France), in 1935 Tharrats returns to Barcelona and enters the Massana School. He began his artistic activity after the Civil War, in a style that evolved from a certain initial impressionism towards a progressive abstraction, through the influences of Mondrian and Kandinsky. Co-founder of Dau al Set together with Brossa, Ponç, Cuixart and Tàpies, Tharrats made his individual debut in 1949, at the El Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From 1954 he exhibited regularly at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, as well as in 1955 in Stockholm and New York, in 1959 at the Biennial of São Paulo, and in Venice at the Biennials of 1960 and 1964. In 1955, after the dissolution of Dau al Set, he participated in the constitution of the Taüll group together with Muxart, Guinovart and his former colleagues Cuixart and Tàpies. Eleven years later, in 1966, he was also a founder of the Association of Contemporary Artists. A pioneer of post-war Catalan avant-gardism, Tharrats evolved from the surrealist-influenced linear abstraction of his Dau al Set period to a richly textured, colorful, free-form informalism. Apart from easel painting, he developed his own version of printmaking techniques ("maculaturas"), and also made posters, book illustrations, murals, stained glass, mosaics, jewelry and opera scenographies. In 1983 he was awarded the Cross of Sant Jordi, and in 1994 the National Prize of Plastic Arts. That same year he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jordi. His work is present in various museums and collections around the world, such as the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the MACBA or the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.

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  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Composition.
    Dec. 18, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Composition.

    Est: €1,500 - €1,600

    Mixed media on canvas Signed 49x65 cm.

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled.
    Dec. 18, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled.

    Est: €300 - €350

    Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed. 46x53 cm.

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Composition. (d)
    Dec. 18, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Composition. (d)

    Est: €1,300 - €1,500

    Mixed media on paper. Signed. 41x54.5 cm.

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Baltasar". Christmas greeting, 1956.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Baltasar". Christmas greeting, 1956.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Collage on paper. Signed and dated. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Gaspar". Christmas greeting.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Gaspar". Christmas greeting.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Collage on paper. Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale. 

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  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Melchor". Christamas greeting.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) "Melchor". Christamas greeting.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Collage on paper. Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale. 

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  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Christmas greeting.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Christmas greeting.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Collage on paper. Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale. 

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled, 2001.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled, 2001.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Mixed media, oil, acrylic on cardboard. Signature, probably apocryphal. Certificate of authenticity issued in 2007 by Joan Tharrats Ral, son of the artist, attached on the back. 23 x 17.5 cm; 38 x 34 cm (frame).

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled.
    Nov. 28, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Mixed media, oil, acrylic on cardboard. Signature, probably apocryphal. Certificate of authenticity issued in 2007 by Joan Tharrats Ral, son of the artist, attached on the back. 23 x 17.5 cm; 36.5 x 31 cm (frame).

    Subarna Subastas
  • Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 75 cm.
    Sep. 23, 2024

    Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 75 cm.

    Est: €50 - €100

    Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 74,5 cm. Vincos. Manchas de acidez no verso. Não emoldurado

    Palácio do Correio Velho
  • JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Zodiaz"
    Jul. 23, 2024

    JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Zodiaz"

    Est: €690 - €920

    12 lithographs All signed and justified in pencil, 42/299, print run justification sheet is attached. Some of the papers with folds. They are presented in a folder. Measurements: Paper: 59.5 x 49 cm each

    Ansorena
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled. (d)
    Jul. 11, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled. (d)

    Est: €1,300 - €1,500

    Mixed media on wood On the back, signed and dated 1955 50x70 cm.

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS AND JOAN PONÇ. Untitled.
    Jul. 11, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS AND JOAN PONÇ. Untitled.

    Est: €350 - €400

    Collage and ink on cardboard, mounted as a folder. Letter from Joan Josep Tharrats dated April 1951 and collage and drawing by Joan Ponç. Probably it is part of some collaboration between the artists for Dau al Set. 35.5x51 cm (unfolded).

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin.
    Jul. 10, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin.

    Est: €2,800 - €3,000

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). Untitled, 1993 Mixed media and collage on paper. Signed and dated in the lower margin. Measurements: 50 x 35 cm; 81,5 x 66,5 cm (frame). In this painting with collage on paper made by Tharrats in the nineties, towards the end of his life, we can contemplate the consolidation of a language of informalist roots, which on this occasion stages the symbolic struggle between energy fields materialized in the form of chaotic strokes of calligraphic echoes and gestural impulses. After beginning his training in Béziers (France), in 1935 Tharrats returns to Barcelona and enters the Massana School. He began his artistic activity after the Civil War, in a style that evolved from a certain initial impressionism towards a progressive abstraction, through the influences of Mondrian and Kandinsky. Co-founder of Dau al Set together with Brossa, Ponç, Cuixart and Tàpies, Tharrats made his individual debut in 1949, at the El Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From 1954 he exhibited regularly at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, as well as in 1955 in Stockholm and New York, in 1959 at the Biennial of São Paulo, and in Venice at the Biennials of 1960 and 1964. In 1955, after the dissolution of Dau al Set, he participated in the constitution of the Taüll group together with Muxart, Guinovart and his former colleagues Cuixart and Tàpies. Eleven years later, in 1966, he was also a founder of the Association of Contemporary Artists. A pioneer of post-war Catalan avant-gardism, Tharrats evolved from the surrealist-influenced linear abstraction of his Dau al Set period to a richly textured, colorful, free-form informalism. Apart from easel painting, he developed his own version of printmaking techniques ("maculaturas"), and also made posters, book illustrations, murals, stained glass, mosaics, jewelry and opera scenographies. In 1983 he was awarded the Cross of Sant Jordi, and in 1994 the National Prize of Plastic Arts. That same year he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jordi. His work is present in various museums and collections around the world, such as the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the MACBA or the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.

    Setdart Auction House
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS Gerona 1918-Barcelona 2001
    Jul. 02, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS Gerona 1918-Barcelona 2001

    Est: -

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS Gerona 1918-Barcelona 2001 Untitled. 1950 Maculature Signed and dated 1950 Measurements 48 x 62 cm

    Subastas Segre
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) SET OF 4 LITHOGRAPHS, "ZODIAC" SERIES.
    Jun. 06, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) SET OF 4 LITHOGRAPHS, "ZODIAC" SERIES.

    Est: €250 - €400

    "Scorpio": signed and numbered H.C 3/5. "Capricorn": signed and numbered H.C 1/5. "Aquarius": signed and numbered H.C 2/5. "Libra": signed and numbered H.C 2/5. 59 x 49.5 cm (paper). 

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Unitled.
    Jun. 06, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Unitled.

    Est: €300 - €600

    Oil on board. Signed. 26 x 28.5 cm; 49 x 51.5 cm (frame).

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled.
    May. 23, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. Untitled.

    Est: €700 - €800

    Collage and mixed media on paper Signed and dated 1966 49x64 cm.

    Balclis
  • JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Tais Orientale"
    Apr. 09, 2024

    JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Tais Orientale"

    Est: €450 - €600

    I paint sculpture Signed in the lower right corner. On the back titled in pencil. Measurements: 23 x 18 cm

    Ansorena
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. No title
    Mar. 20, 2024

    Joan Josep Tharrats. No title

    Est: -

    Lithograph on paper. Signed in the lower right corner in the lower right corner. Numbered (66/99) in the lower left corner.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 75 cm.
    Mar. 14, 2024

    Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 75 cm.

    Est: €50 - €100

    Joan-Josep THARRATS (1918-2001) Litografia sobre papel Edição n.º 45/75. Assinado Dim.: 55,5 x 74,5 cm. Vincos. Manchas de acidez no verso. Não emoldurado

    Palácio do Correio Velho
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.
    Feb. 15, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) CHRISTMAS GREETING.
    Feb. 15, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) CHRISTMAS GREETING.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.
    Feb. 15, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.

    Est: €350 - €500

    Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.
    Feb. 15, 2024

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001). CHRISTMAS GREETING.

    Est: €350 - €700

    Signed. 24.5 x 21.5 cm; 26 x 23 cm (frame). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.

    Subarna Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Cadaqués: Tramuntana to the m
    Jan. 24, 2024

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Cadaqués: Tramuntana to the m

    Est: -

    Signed in the lower right corner. To the end, signed, titled and dated (1974-1975). Minor damage to the canvas. Provenance: - Galería Cadqués (Stamp on the back).

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats Vidal (Spanish, 1918-2001) Amas Stellaire, Signed lower right, Oil on Canvas, Verso signed, titled, and dated 1967, 15" x 18 1/8"
    Jan. 20, 2024

    Joan Josep Tharrats Vidal (Spanish, 1918-2001) Amas Stellaire, Signed lower right, Oil on Canvas, Verso signed, titled, and dated 1967, 15" x 18 1/8"

    Est: $400 - $600

    Joan Josep Tharrats Vidal (Spanish, 1918-2001) Amas Stellaire, Signed lower right, Oil on Canvas, Verso signed, titled, and dated 1967, 15" x 18 1/8"

    Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
  • JOAN-JOSEP THARRATS (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, ​​2001) "Abstraction"
    Dec. 19, 2023

    JOAN-JOSEP THARRATS (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, ​​2001) "Abstraction"

    Est: €450 - €500

    JOAN-JOSEP THARRATS (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, ​​2001) "Abstraction" Mixed media on cardboard Signed 20 x 19,5 cm 450 - 500 €

    Bayeu Subastas
  • JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Zodiaz"
    Dec. 19, 2023

    JUAN JOSE THARRATS Gerona (1918) / Barcelona (2001) "Zodiaz"

    Est: €1,350 - €1,800

    12 lithographs All signed and justified in pencil, 42/299, print run justification sheet is attached. Some of the papers with folds. They are presented in a folder. Measurements: Paper: 59.5 x 49 cm each

    Ansorena
  • THARRATS, JOAN JOSEP
    Dec. 15, 2023

    THARRATS, JOAN JOSEP

    Est: CHF900 - CHF1,300

    (Girona 1918–2001 Barcelona) "Poseidon". 1960. Mischtechnik auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert und datiert. Verso signiert, betitelt und datiert. 78x97 cm. Gerahmt.

    Schuler Auktionen
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled
    Nov. 22, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled

    Est: -

    Serigrafía sobre papel. Firmada en el ángulo inferior izquierdo. Numerada (98/300) en el ángulo inferior derecho.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Paris
    Nov. 22, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Paris

    Est: -

    Serigrafía sobre papel. Firmada en el ángulo inferior derecho. Numerada (II/XXV) en el ángulo inferior izquierdo .

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. "Cosmic landscape".
    Oct. 05, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. "Cosmic landscape".

    Est: €900 - €1,000

    Mixed technique on canvas Signed. On the reverse, signed, titled and dated 1979. On the frame, a label from the Gaspar Room from 1980 63.5x54.5 cm.

    Balclis
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled.
    Oct. 05, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (1918-2001) Untitled.

    Est: €200 - €350

    Mixed media on paper. Signed. 24 x 19 cm; 39.5 x 34 cm (frame).

    Subarna Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 – Barcelona, 2001). "Composition". Lithograph on paper. Exemplary 79/100. Signed and numbered in pencil.
    Jul. 20, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 – Barcelona, 2001). "Composition". Lithograph on paper. Exemplary 79/100. Signed and numbered in pencil.

    Est: €120 - €140

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS VIDAL (Girona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001). "Composition". Lithograph on paper. Eejmplar 79/100. Signed and numbered in pencil. Measurements: 49 x 63 cm. After beginning his training in Béziers (France), in 1935 Joan Josep Tharrats returns to Barcelona and enters the Massana School. He began his artistic activity after the Civil War, in a style that evolved from a certain initial impressionism towards a progressive abstraction, through the influences of Mondrian and Kandinsky. Co-founder of Dau al Set together with Brossa, Ponç, Cuixart and Tàpies, Tharrats made his individual debut in 1949 at the El Jardín galleries in Barcelona. From 1954 he exhibited regularly at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona, as well as in 1955 in Stockholm and New York, in 1959 at the São Paulo Biennial, and in Venice at the Biennials of 1960 and 1964. In 1955, after the dissolution of Dau al Set, he took part in the formation of the Taüll group together with Muxart, Guinovart and his former colleagues Cuixart and Tàpies. Eleven years later, in 1966, he also founded the Asociación de Artistas Actuales. A pioneer of post-war Catalan avant-gardism, Tharrats evolved from the surrealist-influenced linear abstraction of his Dau al Set period towards an informalism of rich texture, abundant colour and free graphics. Apart from easel painting, he developed his own version of printmaking techniques ("maculatures"), and also made posters, book illustrations, murals, stained glass, mosaics, jewellery and opera scenographies. In 1983 he was awarded the Cross of Sant Jordi, and in 1994 the National Prize for Plastic Arts. That same year he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi. His work can be found in various museums and collections around the world, such as the MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the MACBA and the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

    Setdart Auction House
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS - Untitled
    Jul. 04, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS - Untitled

    Est: -

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS Girona 1918-Barcelona 2001 Untitled. 1971 Maculatura Signed and dated 1971 Measurements 29 x 19 cm

    Subastas Segre
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. "Montserrat". (d)
    Jun. 29, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS. "Montserrat". (d)

    Est: €1,000 - €1,200

    Painting on canvas On the back, signed, titled and dated August 1951. On the stretcher, remain of a label of Salón de Mayo from Barcelona, dated 1957. Literature and exhibition: "I Salón de mayo", Barcelona, 1957 100x81.2 cm.

    Balclis
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled
    Jun. 28, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled

    Est: -

    Mixed technique on paper. Signed in the lower left corner.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Xevisiada (1982)
    Jun. 28, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Xevisiada (1982)

    Est: -

    Mixed technique on paper. Signed in the upper right corner. Signed, dedicated and titled on the back. Provenance: - Galería d'Art Sant LLuc, Olot (Label on the back).

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled
    Jun. 28, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled

    Est: -

    Oil on table. Signed in the lower center. On the back certified by J. Cañellas.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled
    Jun. 28, 2023

    Joan Josep Tharrats. Untitled

    Est: -

    Mixed technique on paper attached to canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.

    Duran Arte y Subastas
  • JOAN JOSEP THARRATS - Untitled
    May. 23, 2023

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS - Untitled

    Est: -

    JOAN JOSEP THARRATS Gerona 1918-Barcelona 2001 Untitled Watercolor, wax and ink on paper Signed Size 36 x 27 cm

    Subastas Segre
  • Joan-Josep THARRATS: Abstract Figure - Lithograph
    May. 10, 2023

    Joan-Josep THARRATS: Abstract Figure - Lithograph

    Est: $200 - $300

    Joan-Josep Tharrats (Spanish, 1918-2001) lithograph on Arches paper of an abstract figure, pencil signed lower right, numbered ed. 18/90, unframed. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Sheet: 30" H x 22" W]. Light toning.

    Roland Auctions NY
  • THARRATS, JOAN JOSEP Barcelona - Montevideo
    May. 06, 2023

    THARRATS, JOAN JOSEP Barcelona - Montevideo

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    Collage on paper made by the artist JUAN JOSÉ THARRATS. Measurements: 70x50 cm. Title: "Barcelona - Montevideo".

    Duran Arte y Subastas
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