Joan Abelló i Prat

1922 – Born in Mollet del Vallès.
1934 – He takes his first steps in the art world as a self-taught artist. Influenced by Mir.
1941 – He studies at the Baixas academy and the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
1944 – For 2 years he works in the Pere Pruna studio, who teaches him the mural and engraving technique.
1945 – He learns restoration in the Miracle studio.
1946 – He works in the Carles Pellicer studio for 14 years.
1947 – Member of the Maillol Circle.
1957 – He organizes the Maig Exhibition.
1978 – Member of the Cofrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin de Bourgogne, France.
1979 – Honorary Member of the International Painting Fund in Barcelona.
Member of the “Academy of Arts and Work”, Parma
1981 – Member of the Academic Society of Education and Encouragement -“Arts-Science-Letters” in Paris.
Member of the National Society of Fine Arts in Paris.
1985 – Member of the Barcelona Condal Rotary Club.
1988 – Member of the Board of the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
1993 – President of the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
Ex-officio Patron of the Güell Foundation.
1996 – He donates his art collection to Mollet del Vallès.
Founder-Director of the Joan Abelló Municipal Foundation.
1997 – Re-elected as president of the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
Gold medal from the town of Mollet of Vallès.
2001 – Fellow-elect of the Sant Jordi Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts.
2002 – Awarded the diploma and decoration as a fellow of the Sant Jordi Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
The Autonomous Government of Catalonia awards him the Sant Jordi Cross.

Collective exhibitions (selection)
1949 – Autumn Exhibition, Madrid.
1950 – Maillol Circle exhibition, Barcelona.
1952 – Velazquez Galleries, Buenos Aires.
1953 – Municipal Fine Arts and Royal Circle of Artists Exhibition, Barcelona.
1954 – Ateneu Barcelona and October Exhibition, Barcelona.
1955 – Biennial Latin American Art Exhibition, Barcelona
1957 - 1st May Exhibition, Barcelona. Biennial Latin American Exhibition, La Habana (Cuba).
1958 - “Vallès Oriental and its artists”, Güell Palace, Barcelona.
1960 – 4th May Exhibition, Barcelona. Catalan circle, Madrid.
1961 – Exhibition in Alberta, Canada.
1962 – 1st Current Art Exhibition. Joan Miró Award, Barcelona.
1976 – International Lithograph Exhibition, Turin (Italy).
“Catalan Spanish Paintings”, Hébert-D’Uckermann Foundation, Grenoble (France).
1977 – National Fine Arts Society, Paris.
1978 - “Catalan Spanish Paintings” , Avignon.
1982 - Avignon Exhibition and Arles Exhibition (France).
1983 - “Nations Exhibitions”, Paris.
1986 – 1st Biennial Art Exhibition Barcelona Football Club, Pedralbes Palace, Barcelona.
1990 - “Contemporary Masters of Spain in New York “, Montserrat Gallery.
1992 – Manel Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona.
1993 – Luchon Art Exhibition, Art Espace Berger Gallery, Luchon (France).
1994 - “On Dau al Set”, Grifé & Escoda Gallery, Barcelona. 1st Amàs International Artists, Viella.
1997 - “MolletArt 97”, Mollet del Vallès.
Selective Exhibition, Can Mulà, Mollet del Vallès.
1999 – Mollet Art 99, Mollet del Vallès.
2001 – “Abelló – Mir” Exhibition Room Caixa Foundation, Manlleu de Vic.
2002 – “Contemporary Spanish painting” El Corte Inglés,  Madrid.
2003 – “Catalan Painters”, El Corte Inglés – Diagonal, Barcelona.
“18th Spring Exhibition”, El Quatre Sala d’Art, Granollers.
2004 – “Pere Pruna: 100 years”, Pere Pruna Cultural Room in Barcelona.
19th Spring Exhibition. El Quatre Sala d’Art in Granollers.
2005 – 20th Spring Exhibition. El Quatre Sala d’Art in Granollers.

Individual exhibitions (selection)
1947 - Sala Caralt, Barcelona.
1952 - Van Gogh Gallery and Casa de Artista, Barcelona.
1954 – Argos Gallery, Barcelona.
1958 - La Pinacoteca, Barcelona.
Dintel Gallery, Santander
1959 – Biosca Gallery, Madrid.
1960 – Illescas Gallery, Bilbao.
1961 – “Teatime” Engravings, La Pinacoteca, Barcelona.
1963 - Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway (England).
Halifax House, Oxford (England).
1966 - Salle du Terminal, Ambères  (Belgium).
1967 - Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway (England).
1968 - Jardins de Mn. Poten, Marrakesh (Morocco).
1969 - Ramon Durán Gallery, Madrid.
1970 - Saint-Martens-Latem (Belgium).
1974 - “Abelló Selective Exhibition”, Library of Catalonia, Barcelona.
Dintel Gallery, Santander.
Del Campo Gallery, Ambères (Belgium)
1976 - Art et Matière Gallery, Grenoble.
1977 – Ingres Gallery, Madrid.
1980 - La Maison de la Culture, Grasse (France).
1981 - Gran Palais, Paris.
1982 - “Abelló Selective Exhibition”, Pope’s Palace, Avignon (France).
Ta Nisia Galleries, New York.
1983 – Spanish Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt.
1989 - “Selective Exhibition”, International Painting Fund, Barcelona.
1993 - “Selective Exhibition”, Mayoral Gallery, Barcelona.
1996 - “Easter Island”, Llucià Homs Gallery, Barcelona.
1997 -  Fontana d’Or, Girona.
1998 - “Abelló 75 years”, selective exhibition. Can Mulà Cultural Centre, Mollet del Vallès.
1999 – “Joan Abelló, between imagination and abstraction”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès.
2000 – “Abelló. Today, yesterday and forever”, Rusiñol Gallery, Sant Cugat del Vallès.
2001 – “Joan Abelló and landscape”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès.
2002 – “Abelló. Gouaches”, Brok Gallery in Barcelona.
“Abelló- 80”, El Quatre, Granollers
“Abelló in Russia”, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès
2003 – “Joan Abelló and landscape”, La Unió Municipal Cultural Centre, Teià.
2004 – “Abelló in Madrid”, City Museum, Madrid.
2005 – “Abelló with private collections” in the Joan Abelló Municipal Museum.
“Abelló in France”, International Painting Fund in Barcelona presenting the book Abelló in the Alps.
“Joan Abelló, pastels”, A. Cortina Gallery in Barcelona.

Prizes
1944 – 3rd Medal, National Exhibition, Madrid.
1949 – Prize of Honour, Mollet del Vallès Painting Contest.
1951 – 1st Prize in Watercolour, Vallès Artists.
1952 – 1st Class Diploma in the Eucharistic Congress Artistic Contest.
1955 -  Drawing Prize from the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
“Artur Potau” Landscape Prize in the Seix Contest.
1958 – 1st Prize “Aureli Biosca” in the City of Terrassa Contest.
“Vescomte de Güell” Drawing Prize in the Seix Contest. Special prize from the Department of Fine Arts in the Tossa de Mar contest.
1963 - “Sir Winston Churchill Commemorative Crown”, Oxford.
1965 – Special prize in Sant Pol de Mar. 1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1966 – Lithograph Prize in Zurich.
1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1969 – Special mention at the Avignon Exhibition.
1973 – Fortuny Grant from the Barcelona County Council.
1976 –Internazionale Biella per l’Incisione prize (Italy).
1981 – Medal from the Herbert Duckermann Foundation, Grenoble.
1982 – Diploma and silver medal at “Arts, Sciences and Letters”, Paris.
Silver medal, Arles Exhibition, France.
1983 – 2nd Diploma Maestro di Pittura Honoris Causa, Rome.
1989 – Gold medal from the International Painting Fund in Barcelona.
1990 – “Microphone of the Year” Prize awarded by Radio Mollet.
1992 – Medal from the Ateneu Barcelonès.
1993 – Silver medal from the Dr. Melcior Colet Museum and Study Centre of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. Gold medal from the Royal Circle of Artists in Barcelona.
2002 –  Xammar de la Cultura Prize awarded by Omnium Cultural.
Sant Jordi Cross from the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.

List of Museums which house works by Joan Abelló
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid.
Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona.
Museum of Modern Art, Bilbao.
Badalona Museum (Barcelona).
Museum of Europe, Lausanne.
Sant Pol de Mar Museum.
Tossa de Mar Museum.
Castell de Geltrú Museum.
The Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Vatican Museum, Rome.
Polder Museum, Ambères (Belgium).
The Courtauld Collection, London.
Art 2000 Museum, Torroella de Montgrí.