Jaume Muxart Domenech

Clown portrait original oil on canvas painting c.1980

c.1990

Jaume Muxart i Domènech (Martorell, July 3, 1922-Barcelona, ​​March 8, 2019) was a Spanish painter. In 1947 he made his first exhibition at the Pictòria Hall in Barcelona, ​​together with Sixt Blasco, Alexandre Siches and Marc Aleu. In 1948 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and traveled to Paris, a scholarship from the Higher School of Fine Arts. In 1955, together with Marc Aleu, Modest Cuixart, Josep Guinovart, Jordi Mercadé, Antoni Tàpies and Joan-Josep Tharrats, they formed the Taüll group. In 1956 he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo. In 1957 he exhibited at the Gaspar Hall in Barcelona and in the Gallery of the Strand Hotel in Stockholm. In 1959 he participated in the exhibition "8 Contemporany Spanish Painters" at the Ohana Gallery in London, and participated in the V Biennial of São Paulo on behalf of Spain. In 1964 he exhibited at the American Art Gallery in Copenhagen and at the Galerie Westing in Odense (Denmark). In 1966 he exhibited in the Exhibition Hall of the General Directorate of Fine Arts (Madrid). In 1972 he exhibited at the Kreisler Gallery in Madrid and the Galleria della Babuina (Rome). In 1979 he was appointed Professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona. In 1981 he exhibited at the Dau al Set Gallery in Barcelona. In 1982 he was appointed dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona. In 1983 he obtained a doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. In 1984 he exhibited at the Dau al Set Gallery in Barcelona. In 1988 he exhibited at the Gaspar Hall in Barcelona. In 1990 he made the exhibition "Muxart to Van Gogh, Recreations", in the Anna Ruiz Gallery. In 1991 he was appointed academic of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of San Jorge. In 1992 he made the show «New York. Paintings »in the Anna Ruiz Gallery. In 1998 he made the exhibition «Montserrat» in the Montserrat Monastery Museum and in the Martorell Cultural Center. In 2003 he exhibited "Big Bang", a series of 80 oil paintings on canvas that are exhibited in the Monastery of San Cugat del Vallés. In 2005, the exhibition "Anthology" arrived in the old Rubí factory. Muxart's work is of a strong expressionist character with structured figurative motives, and his gestures appeal to the varied effects and registers of the pictorial material.