Josep Gudiol i Ricart, also known as José Gudiol in citation (1904–1985), was a Catalan art historian, specializing in
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
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Romanesque painting,
Gothic painting and other types of Spanish art.
Biography
Josep Maria Gudiol i Ricart was born in 1904 in
Vic
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): ...
, Catalonia, Spain.
Gudiol Ricart published a series of monumental books surveying Spanish art history, the ''Ars Hispaniae'' series. The two most important works in the series were, ''Las Pinturas Murales Románicas de Cataluña'' (Gudiol and
Pijoán, 1948) and ''Arquitectura y Escultura Románicas'' (Gudiol and
Gaya Nuño, 1948).
He served as director of the Amatller Institute of Hispanic Art (Institut Amatller D'art Hispànic) in Barcelona, Spain.
Gudiol's daughter was the painter
Montserrat Gudiol i Corominas (1933–2015).
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References
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1904 births
1985 deaths
People from Vic
Spanish art historians
Academics from Catalonia