Juana Francés (1924 – 1990) was a Spanish Abstract Expressionist painter. She was born on 31 July 1924 in Altea, Spain.[1] She attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1957 she co-founded the El Paso (grupo) [es] (El Paso/The Step) a Spanish Abstract Expressionism group.[2] She died on 9 March 1990 in Madrid.[3]

Juana Concepción Francés
Born(1924-07-31)31 July 1924
Altea, Spain
Died9 March 1990(1990-03-09) (aged 65)
Madrid, Spain
Known forpainter
MovementAbstract Expressionism

Her work was included in the 1954, 1960 and 1964 Venice Biennale. It was also included in the 1960 exhibition Before Picasso; After Miró at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum[4] as well as the 1962 Tate exhibition Modern Spanish Painting.[2] In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.[5]

Her work is in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Palmeral, Ramón Fernández (20 December 2022). "Juana Francés". Meer (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Juana Francés". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Francés, Juana Concepción". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Before Picasso; After Miró". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Francés, Juana". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2023.