Eyes period · vertical masterwork
El gran rostre
A frontal, high-contrast composition that gives the sequence its first monumental pause after the opening panorama.
Confidential details shared privately upon inquiry.
Plate I · vertical masterwork
Language
Jaume Muxart
introduced through portrait, atmosphere, and selected works.
Color, composition, and the painter’s enduring visual language unfold as an exhibition sequence rather than a catalogue surface.
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Martorell · Barcelona
1922–2019 · Grup Taüll
Color i Composició · private viewing
Eyes period opening
The Eyes period arrives as a release into scale, image-space, and chromatic force.
Hard-edged frames, measured intervals, and discreet metadata keep the page closer to an exhibition handlist than a browseable product surface.
Eyes period panorama · first release
The sequence moves from authorship into image-space: from the artist’s presence to the widened field of the work itself.
Selected works
Monumental images first, then quieter documentary breaths and chromatic pauses.
The sequence privileges concentration over quantity. Proportions stay intact, repetition stays low, and confidential details remain outside the public reading of the page.
Plate II · large-scale composition
Interlude · square punctuation
Eyes period · large-scale composition
L'arbre dels ulls
Dense, branching figuration expands the image plane and lets the page shift from portrait-like intensity into a wider chromatic field.
Eyes period · square punctuation
Used here as an editorial hinge: compact, vivid, and precise enough to break the rhythm without collapsing into a grid.
Plate III · vertical study
Eyes period · vertical study
Ull en el Cel
A quieter vertical moment that narrows the field again and restores concentration before biography and exhibition history.
Chromatic interruption · editorial pause
Curatorial statement
Institutional sources consistently return to color and composition as the essential lens for reading Muxart.
The public framing remains cultural and source-backed: Catalan modernity, Grup Taüll, the emotional charge of the paintings, and the institutional legacy preserved in Martorell.
Commercial language remains secondary and discreet. The works are encountered first as images and records of a career, while availability and confidential details stay private.
Biography
A long artistic trajectory shaped in Catalonia and understood within the wider field of post-war international painting.
Jaume Muxart i Domènech was born in Martorell on 3 July 1922.
He is an artist with a long artistic trajectory and an intense body of work in the field of painting. His oeuvre belongs to the Catalan cultural landscape of the second half of the twentieth century, yet it must also be understood within the broader context of painting and international art from the 1950s onward.
Alongside his recognition as an artist, Muxart developed teaching and deanship responsibilities during his professional maturity at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona. His long biography led him to travel, exhibit across much of the world, and receive numerous distinctions.
Documentary interlude · studio window
- 1940
After the Civil War, he enters the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and qualifies as a teacher there in 1945.
- 1948
He receives a scholarship from the Amigó Cuyás Foundation to continue his studies abroad; it is renewed the following year. He resides in Paris until March 1950, among peers that include Jordi, Chillida, Palazuelo, Sempere, and Palau Fabre.
- 1950
He is appointed a member of the board of the Cercle Maillol at the French Institute of Barcelona and joins the organizing committee of the city’s Salón de Octubre.
- 1952
He receives a scholarship to study in Rome, where he spends three years.
- 1955
Together with Marc Aleu, Cuixart, Guinovart, Mercadé, Tàpies, and Tharrats, he founds the group Taüll.
- 1956
He travels to the Middle East — Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut — where he lives for a time and stages several exhibitions.
- 1957
The Associació d’Artistes Actuals awards him the Torres García Medal.
- 1958
He marries the painter Roser Agell, with whom he has four children.
- 1964
He receives the Diputació de Barcelona prize in the competition “El Deporte en las Belles Artes.”
- 1966
He begins teaching color at the Elisava school in Barcelona.
- 1967
For the work Tras moto, he receives the Medal of Honour at the 1st International Biennial of Sport in the Fine Arts in Barcelona. He is appointed professor of Composition at the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Barcelona.
- 1970
He receives the gold medal of the exhibition “Señal 68” and the Diputació de Barcelona prize at the Exposición Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo for the work Visió.
- 1971
He is awarded the Ciutat de Barcelona prize by the city council.
- 1973
He co-creates and directs Galeria Nàrtex in Barcelona.
- 1979
He is appointed professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona.
- 1982
He is appointed dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona.
- 1983
He earns a doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona.
- 1990
The publication Jaume Muxart appears, with a text by Enric Jardí.
- 1991
He is admitted as an academician to the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.
- 2011
The Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis opens in Martorell. Located in Casa Par in the historic centre, it houses the Muxart collection and becomes a new space for the creation and dissemination of contemporary culture, where the artist’s later series can be seen.
- 2015
The documentary Àngels, based on the artist, is presented to the public; it is created by Ferran Vicedo, Pol Bargués, and Albert Kuhn.
Archive note · working environment
Recent exhibitions
A later exhibition history that keeps Muxart’s public presence active across Martorell, Barcelona, Rubí, Sant Cugat, Montserrat, and beyond.
The supplied exhibition record is integrated here as a concise landing-page chronology, preserving original titles and venues while keeping the page editorial rather than exhaustive.
2016
Exhibition “ULLS” at Espai Carmen Galofré in Barcelona.
2015
Temporary exhibition “Flors i colors” in the temporary hall of the Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis.
2014
The permanent exhibition “Muxart, color i composició” opens at the Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis, curated by Pilar Bonet.
2013
Exhibition “Àngels” in the temporary hall of the Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis, and “Estètica de les papallones” in Sant Boi del Llobregat.
2011
The Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis opens in Martorell with the inaugural exhibitions “Estètica de les papallones” and “Desembarcant Muxart,” the latter presenting the artist’s collection as the starting point for the selection of works that would remain there permanently.
2008
Exhibitions “Paisatges al·lucinants” and “Metafiguració” at the Jaume Muxart exhibition hall of the Centre Cultural de Martorell.
2005
Anthological exhibition at the former Espona factory in Rubí, tracing his painting from 1940 to 2005.
2004
The series “Figures de la llum” is exhibited at the Jaume Muxart exhibition hall of the Centre Cultural de Martorell.
2003
Exhibition “Big Bang” at the Monastery of Sant Cugat.
2002
Exhibition “Big Bang” at the Jaume Muxart exhibition hall of the Centre Cultural de Martorell; a catalogue is published with texts by Arnau Puig and Jorge Wagensberg.
2000
The “Montserrat” series is shown in the cloisters of the Monastery of Sant Cugat.
1998
Exhibition “Montserrat” at the Museum of the Monastery of Montserrat and at the Centre Cultural de Martorell; the catalogue Montserrat is published with a text by Josep M. Cadena.
1994
Retrospective exhibition and “L’esclat de la Mediterrània” at Palau Robert in Barcelona, together with “Muxart, una trajectòria 1944-1994” at the Centre Cultural de Martorell.