Josep Costa Sobrepera. Josep Costa Sobrepera (Palafrugell) is a painter of figurative art , mainly watercolors and oil paintings of seascapes , in Palafrugell (Catalonia , Spain ), .
Early life
Born to a cork industry family, early on his teachers recognized his artistic talent. Costa Sobrepera took night classes at a local art school and, at 16, got his first job in the workshop of master blacksmith Joan Gich. His first public exhibit was in 1955 at the Palafrugell Library, assisted by his teacher, Lluís Medir Jofra.[ 1] [ 2]
Career
Until 1971 he lived in Barcelona, where he organized his first studio and enrolled in anatomy classes at the School of Fine Arts, where he met artists like Martinez Lozano. He returned to Palafrugell in 1972 to devote himself entirely to painting. He exhibited his work in several galleries in Catalonia and Spain, including Barcelona's Sala Rovira , and won awards in various competitions, both national and international. In 1975 he married and continued to exhibit widely.[ 3]
In the 1990s, he quit oil painting to devote himself to watercolors .[ 4] France .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Selected works
Ecstasy. The hopes of a desire (1953)Women (India, 1998)Home (India 1998)Market (Guatemala, 1987)Market Street (Guatemala, 1987)Morning Light (Palamós, 1999)Boats (La Selva, 2004)The veil of light (Sweden, 1997)
Exhibits
Year
Space
City
Description
1955
Library Palafrugell
Palafrugell
Exhibition of watercolors
1956
Library Palafrugell
Palafrugell
Exhibition of watercolors
1957
Savings Bank of the Province of Girona
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1958
Savings Bank of the Province of Girona
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1958
City Hall
Figueres
Exhibition of watercolors
1973
Sala Rovira
Barcelona
Exhibition
1974
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings and watercolors
1975
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibition of watercolors individual and collective
1975
Art Room and Colour
Vic
Exhibition of watercolors
1975
The Vaults
Olot
Exhibition of watercolors
1976
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibitions individual and collective
1976
Caixa Girona
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1976
Art Room and Colour
Vic
Exhibition
1976
Gallery Tramontana
Barcelona
Exhibition
1976
Pension Girona
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1976
Art Galleries Tramontana
Palamos
Exhibition
1977
Llorens Room
Barcelona
Exhibition
1977
Art Room Armengol
Olot
Exhibition
1978
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1979
Gallery Rhodes
Figueres
Exhibition
1979
Llorens Room
Barcelona
Exhibition
1980
Gallery Bonanova
Barcelona
Exhibition
1980
Art Galleries Tramontana
Barcelona
Exhibition
1980
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1981
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1981
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
81 Christmas Exhibition
1982
Art Gallery Joseph Buckwheat
Figueres
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1982
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1982
Studio Villa Clara
La Bisbal
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1982
House of Culture Josep Pla
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1983
Mirapeis
Exhibition
1983
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1984
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1984
Art Galleries The Cloister
Girona
Exhibition
1986
Gallery Forum
Girona
Exhibition
1986
Madrid
Exhibition in conjunction with the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain
1987
Art Gallery Mayte Muñoz
Barcelona and Madrid
Exhibition
1987
Art Room Gabernia
Valencia
Exhibition
1987
Gallery Forum
Girona
Exhibition
1988
Art Gallery Intellect
Sabadell
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
1988
Art Room and Colour
Vic
Exhibition
1988
Art Gallery Mayte Muñoz
Barcelona
Exhibition
1988
Chelsea Art Gallery
Manresa
Exhibition
1988
Art Room Empordà
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1988
Art Gallery Petritxol
Barcelona
Exhibition
1989
Art Gallery Mayte Muñoz
Madrid
Exhibition
1989
Art Room Rovira
Sabadell
Exhibition
1989
Art Room Intellect
Sabadell
Exhibition
1990
Watt's Art Gallery
Castellar del Vallès
Exhibition
1990
Art Room Lloveras
Terrassa
Exhibition
1990
Art Gallery The Cloister
Girona
Exhibition
1990
heather Room
Manresa
Exhibition
1991
Art Room Lloveras
Terrace
Exhibition
1991
Art Room El Corte Ingles
Barcelona
Exhibition
1992
Art Room xipella
Manresa
Exhibition
1992
Art Room Rovira
Sabadell
Exhibition
1996
Trondhjems Art Gallery
Norway
Exhibition
1996
Gallery Gunvor
Norway
Exhibition
1997
Gallery E. Hellingsen
Aalesund
Exhibition
1998
Art Room-4
Palafrugell
Exhibition
1999
Trondhjems Art Gallery
Norway
Exhibition
1999
Art Galleries Calella
Calella
Exhibition
2000
Gallery E. Hellingsen
Aalesund
Exhibition
2000
Art Gallery Mayte Muñoz
Barcelona
Exhibition
2000
House of Culture Plum Cove
Clubs
Exhibition
2001
Salon du Val d'Or
France
Exhibition in tribute to the artists disappeared and Spanish Sarquella Ezequiel Torroella
2003
Art Room xipella
Manresa
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
2004
Art Room Goya El Corte Ingles
Madrid
Solo exhibition of oil paintings
2006
Art Gallery Thuiller & Colours
Paris
Exhibition
2007
Municipal Theatre
Palafrugell
Exhibition entitled Sobrepera Coast, the landscape and the retina
2008
Civic Center
Portbou
Exhibition
2011
Ca Plum
Clubs
Exhibition in memory of his wife
2012
Municipal Theatre
Palafrugell
Oil Exhibition (July)
Work in museums
His works are found in museums in Catalonia:
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