Montserrat Gudiol (Montserrat Gudiol i Corominas; 9 June 1933 – 25 December 2015) was a

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n painter.

Biography

Gudiol was born in

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as the daughter of the art historian

José Gudiol Ricart Josep Gudiol i Ricart, also known as José Gudiol in citation (1904–1985), was a Catalan art historian, specializing in Catalan Romanesque painting, Gothic painting and other types of Spanish art. Biography Josep Maria Gudiol i Ricart was b ...

, who authored many books and ran a medieval painting restoration studio. She trained in his studio and began painting on her own in 1950. In 1980 she made a monumental Saint Benedict for the

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and in 1981 she was the first woman to enter the (''Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi''). Gudiol died in

Works

She is known for her portrayals of (mostly female) figures portrayed in space with ambiguous backgrounds. Some of her work seems to recall

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with a wink at her father's studio, and others seem to reflect the works of famous painters of her day such as

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References

* Montserrat Gudiol, '' Great Women Masters of Art'', by Jordi Vigué, 2002
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi
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1933 births 2015 deaths Painters from Barcelona Spanish women painters {{Spain-painter-stub