Josep Maria Subirachs belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Josep Maria Subirachs as Catalan sculptor and painter (1927-2014).
Josep Maria Subirachs was born at Barcelona in 1927. His recorded nationality is Spain. He trained at Escola de la Llotja.
Twentieth-century art was international, heavily theorised and increasingly conceptual, with the market growing alongside it.
He worked as painter, sculptor and art critic.
Among his best-known works are Forma 212, Cathedral and Espai / Temps. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Recognition followed: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
That the work was made in Spain shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Josep Maria Subirachs died in 2014, aged 87. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
- Notable work: Forma 212
- Notable work: Cathedral
- Notable work: Espai / Temps
