Juana Francés
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Juana Concepción Francés | |
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| Born | 31 July 1924 Altea, Spain |
| Died | 9 March 1990 (aged 65) Madrid, Spain |
| Known for | painter |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism |
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) (El Paso/The Step) a Spanish Abstract Expressionism group.[2] She died on 9 March 1990 in Madrid.[3]
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]
