Null JORDI CURÓS I VENTURA (Olot, Girona, 1930-Barcelona, 2017).

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JORDI CURÓS I VENTURA (Olot, Girona, 1930-Barcelona, 2017). "Vase of flowers". 1952. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 72 x 60 cm. Trained at the School of Arts and Crafts of Olot, Jordi Curós traveled to Paris with a scholarship from the Institut Français of Barcelona. He belonged to the group of the Sala Parés, where he exhibited successive times between 1965 and 1989, and received in 1967 the Ynglada-Guillot drawing prize. He is represented in the MACBA, the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona, the Zabaleta Museum in Jaén, the Museum of Modern Art of Olot, the Balaguer Museum of Vilanova i la Geltrú, the Museum of Painting of Sant Pol, the Provincial Council of Girona, the Provincial Museums of Pontevedra and Lugo, the Municipal Museum of Badalona, the Camón Aznar Museum of Zaragoza and the Museum of Empordà.

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JORDI CURÓS I VENTURA (Olot, Girona, 1930-Barcelona, 2017). "Vase of flowers". 1952. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 72 x 60 cm. Trained at the School of Arts and Crafts of Olot, Jordi Curós traveled to Paris with a scholarship from the Institut Français of Barcelona. He belonged to the group of the Sala Parés, where he exhibited successive times between 1965 and 1989, and received in 1967 the Ynglada-Guillot drawing prize. He is represented in the MACBA, the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona, the Zabaleta Museum in Jaén, the Museum of Modern Art of Olot, the Balaguer Museum of Vilanova i la Geltrú, the Museum of Painting of Sant Pol, the Provincial Council of Girona, the Provincial Museums of Pontevedra and Lugo, the Municipal Museum of Badalona, the Camón Aznar Museum of Zaragoza and the Museum of Empordà.

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