Juana Francés Explained

Juana Concepción Francés
Birth Date:	31 July 1924
Birth Place:	Altea, Spain
Death Place:	Madrid, Spain
Education:	Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Field:	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/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 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Palmeral . Ramón Fernández . Juana Francés . Meer . 8 May 2023 . es . 20 December 2022.
2. Web site: Juana Francés . AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes . 8 May 2023.
3. Web site: Francés, Juana Concepción . Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon . 8 May 2023.
4. Web site: Before Picasso; After Miró . The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation . 8 May 2023.
5. Web site: Action, Gesture, Paint . Whitechapel Gallery . 26 April 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Francés, Juana . Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía . 8 May 2023 . es.