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Joaquim Budesca i Català (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1930) is a self-taught Catalan illustrator(1953-1970), painter and designer[1], who began his career in art as a cartoonist. In 1970 he held his first solo painting exhibition.[2] Table of contents •	1 Origins •	2 Early years and artistic development •	3 The work of Joaquim Budesca in official and private collections •	4 Artistic highlights •	5 Books illustrated by Joaquim Budesca •	6 Bibliography •	7 References •	8 External links Origins Joaquim Budesca i Català was born on 8 November 1930 in Les Barques street number 8, in Vilanova i la Geltrú. After the end of the Spanish Civil War[3] his family moved to live in La Pobla de Cérvoles, his mother’s home town. Budesca fell in love with the wild and dry landscape of La Pobla de Cérvoles, it was his first inspiration, his first contact with what he loves so much: a bare, open, bright, free landscape without buildings or artificial constructs, which he so dislikes. It is no wonder, then, that many years later Budesca found the Mediterranean landscape of El Garraf to be the most beloved scenery for his creations. They are very similar landscapes and not by happenstance. Joaquim Budesca Català Birth	8 November 1930 Vilanova i la Geltrú

Nationality	 Catalonia

Art	painting, drawing, sculpture

Signature

Early years and artistic development Pruna Academy (Barcelona) lessons in drawing technique by Professor Paul Pruna. However the most important step for Joaquim Budesca was getting into the studio that belonged to Emilio Giralt i Ferrando, known in the trade as Ferrando, in Barcelona. In that studio people worked in teams and for different publishers and writers. In the 1950s, he left Ferrando to become part of a more ambitious project, which had been started by Josep Toutain -a true icon in the world of comics- who despite beginning his career as an illustrator and writer, at that time was the first person who managed to successfully publish the work of a large handful of Catalan authors, in countries like France, England, Germany or the United States. Budesca became a part of this group, in a discreet way. Without calling attention to himself, but with the perseverance that characterizes him, he worked on war comics, adaptations and romantic or love story covers. Most of these publications were published abroad, although some studies mention that part of this work was also released in Spain through Ediciones Toray and others. He also worked as a news illustrator and as a creator of historical comic strips in newspapers like “La Prensa” or “Solidarida Nacional”. This experience, which was brief, opened other doors for him, allowing him to work for Ediciones Galaor, a publisher specialized in historical and cultural stories. The seventies marked Budesca’s explosion as a painter, never leaving watercolours, he began to practice the oil painting technique. This meant that, at any given time, as the painter himself says, there were two Budescas: on the one hand the watercolour painter and, on the other, the one who painted with oil. The search for his own voice in the art world and, moreover, his need to stay true to his principles, his tastes and his continued defence of his artistic freedom based on his self-taught efforts, made Budesca venture into and experiment with all kinds of techniques and proposals. During the seventies and eighties he was also engaged in graphic design, advertising, poster creation and illustration. The pages of the “Diari de Vilanova” newspaper are proof of this. He designed posters for the Xatonada Popular, St. Anthony Abbot’s Festivity, Basketball Day 1985 and the Major Festivity of Vilanova i la Geltrú, he has also designed the dishes for the La Cucanya restaurant; and wine bottle labels, just a sample of the range of his abilities. In 1982 he published Cent indrets de Vilanova i la Geltrú, a book with his drawings and texts by Oriol Pi de Cabanyes, Joan Callejón, Xavier García and Albert Virella i Bloda. A year later, Budesca also created an exhibition devoted to the gardens and houses of the Indians (emigrants who had returned from America) in Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltrú, with a collection of six postcards that was presented by Vinyent Panyella. His name, at this stage, was already well known by the public, the institutions and the artistic world of El Penedès. Beyond, he received recognition for his many exhibitions, both individual and collective, in the rest of Catalonia, Spain, France, Switzerland, Portugal, and also the United States and Canada. Opening of Can Framis, with Antoni Vila Casas and the Local Minister of Culture, Joan Manuel Treserras. Painting by J. Budesca in background.

H2O Exhibition at La Sala

He restored the frescoes of the dome of the Masia Cabanyes in 1986; as well as restoring the frescoes of the Can Llopis Romantic Museum of Sitges in 1987; and he painted four murals in the Peixerot Restaurant of Vilanova i la Geltrú in 1988. A year later he published the book Montserrat, el sentit íntim d'una muntanya written by Miquel Estradé with drawings and watercolours by Budesca for which he received high acclaim. During this period he also made some lithographs; although in limited productions. He has also created sculptures. One of them is set, as of 2007, in the Passeig de la Ribera in Sitges as a tribute to the shoe industry commissioned by the town council. He has also collaborated with composer and soloist Leonora Milà i Romeu in the CDs she has authored. In 2004 he won the competition organized by the Foundation for the Three Wise Men Cavalcade of Igualada for the design of the new chariots, which were used the following year. Also in 2007 he inaugurated La Sala of Vilanova i la Geltrú as a Contemporary Art Centre with the wonderful H2O exhibition. Over these years, as can be seen in the chapters on his exhibitions, Budesca created a formidable artistic legacy, thanks to his inexhaustible capacity for work and brilliant creativeness. His legacy appears in several dictionaries and specialized books and, since 2003, his name appears in volume 27 of the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. (Excerpts from “Retrat” by Carles G. Guinda [4]) The work of Joaquim Budesca in official and private collections Caja de Ahorros de Valladolid, Banc de Sabadell Art Foundation (Sabadell), Banc de Bilbao (Girona), Caixa Penedès Art Foundation (Vilafranca) Morera Museum (Lleida), Vilanova i la Geltrú Town Hall, Sitges Town Hall, Espinelves (Girona) Town Hall, Sant Martí Sarroca Town Hall, Ville d'Estillac Hotel (France), Vila Casas Foundation (Barcelona), Can Framis Art Foundation (Barcelona), Garraf County Council, Foment Vilanoví, Cristobal Gabarrón Foundation (Valladolid), Francesc Galí Legacy (Palamos Town Hall), FC Barcelona Museum Foundation (Barcelona), Monastery of Montserrat; Víctor Balaguer Museum Library (Vilanova i la Geltrú); Cornellà Castle of Llobregat; Textile Printing Museum, Premià Town Hall, Port of Tarragona. He has designed bookmarks for [5]: La Mulassa Bookstore (the four seasons); Joan Oliver Library Vilanova i la Geltrú; (with poems by Montserrat Lago), 2001, Joan Oliver Library Collection, Can Puig Library, Sant Pere de Ribes; Manuel de Pedrolo Library, Sant Pere de Ribes; Josep Pla Library, Roquetes de Sant Pere de Ribes, Institute of Penedès Studies; 150th anniversary of Francesc Macià, VI Philatelic Exhibition of Catalonia

The revolt

Insinuation

Artistic highlights •	1972, National Watercolour Award Valladolid. Collective and traveling exhibitions in Burgos, Soria, Pamplona, Barcelona, Almeria, Cordoba, Leon, Zamora, Santander, Torrelavega, Manlleu and Vic. •	1976, ARTEXPO 76, Avant-garde Art Show, Barcelona. •	1979, Tenth International Genève Salon (Switzerland). Palais des Expositions. Barcelona as seen by its artists. Exhibition organized by the Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona around the Catalunya square in Barcelona. •	1981, Natalini Galleries, Chicago (USA). Montauni, Nice (France). •	1985, MADRID-ARCO 85, with Lleonart Gallery. •	1989, “Tempo” Gallery, Oporto (Portugal) •	1989, “Augusto Gomes” Gallery, Lisbon •	1990, Four masters of Vilanova painting. Victor Balaguer Library Museum of Vilanova i la Geltrú. •	1996, Compendium of 20th century Penedès artists at the Santmartí Castle in Sant Martí Sarroca. Salvador Llorac acted as the curator. •	1998, Dressing the devil, three painters: Ricart, Cardona-Torrandell, Budesca at the Foment Vilanoví Gallery, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the recovery of the Devils Dance in Vilanova i la Geltrú. •	1999, “L’Escoxador” Cultural Centre in Sitges •	2000, “Budesca or the subjectivity of art” anthology, Mirar Building in Sitges, Isabel Coll was the curator, organized by the Institute of Penedès Studies. •	2001, ARTEXPO, Barcelona, with the d’ARA Gallery of Igualada. Participation with the Canals Gallery, of Sant Cugat del Vallès, at the First DeARTE Fair in Madrid. •	2002, Canals Gallery, S. Cugat del Vallès. •	2003, BUDESCA. Mediterranean Identity. University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). ARTE ESTORIL - I Contemporary Art Fair of Estoril. Estoril Congress Centre. •	2005, presentation of the floats for the Three Wise Men Cavalcade of Igualada. Designed by Joaquim Budesca. •	2008, “H2O” inaugurates “La Sala” •	2009, ABSTRACTIONS. Joaquim Budesca, Frank Jensen, Waltraud Maczassek. Àgora 3, Art Gallery, “Water rings”, Textile Printing Museum of Premià de Mar, Curator, Josep Mª Cadena. •	2010, Espai G. D’art, Terrassa: “Memory of water”, with text by Pilar Parcerisas, Cornellà Castle; •	2011, “Water itineraries”, Shed 4, Tarragona Port; Municipal Hall previously occupied by the Trinitarian Convent, organized by the city council of Vilafranca del Penedès. •	2013, “Budesca in Black and White” Àmbit Gallery of Barcelona. III Culture Fest of the Penedès, where he receives the “Santiago Rusiñol de les Arts” Award for his large and diverse artistic legacy, in particular his paintings, which have managed to convey the light of El Penedès and because of his involvement in Folk and Traditional Culture and his active participation in the cultural world of El Penedès. “The sea once green, now blue”, “La Sala”, curator, Manuel Claver Roso (the sea seen by five artists). Armand Cardona Torrandell Library “Joaquim Budesca Comics from 1953 to 1970”

Crimson Island

Living Maze Books illustrated by Joaquim Budesca •	“Per inflar veles i desvetllar sons”; different authors. El Cep i la Nansa, 1980. •	“Subirats”; “Font-Rubí”; “Olesa de Bonesvalls”, and “Castellví de la Marca”, written by Salvador Llorac. Sponsored by the city councils of the four towns. •	“Tres anys de poesia marinera”, by different authors. Sponsored by the Marine Week Institute of Vilanova i la Geltrú. Volumes for 1988, 1991, 1993 and 2000. •	“Cent Indrets de Vilanova i la Geltrú”, with texts by Oriol Pi de Cabanyes, Joan Callejón, Xavier García and Albert Virella-Bloda. •	“Montserrat, el sentit íntim d'una muntanya” from Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, “Oliva Abbot” collection, with foreword by Josep Maria Cadena and text by Miquel Estradé. •	“El Garraf exaltació plàstica”. Sponsored by the Regional Council of Garraf, with prologue by Josep Maria Ràfols and text by Joan Tutusaus. •	“Premis de Poesia Sant Jordi Sant” (1999) by various authors. Institute of Penedès Studies. •	“El cantor sense llengua” (2000). Poems by Teresa Costa Gramunt. Institute of Penedès Studies. •	“L'altra cara de les matemàtiques” (2000). Written by Joan Gómez i Urgellès, professor of Exact Sciences. This book received the Joan Profitós award. El Cep i la Nansa. •	“November Fairs Program “, 1972. •	“XIII Week of the Sea Program”, 1993; 1999 and 2001. •	“Quadern La nostra Mar”, published by the Museum of the Sea, 1987; 1988; and 2008. •	“Sant Antoni Abat Festivities Program”, 1984. •	“IX Choir Singing Program”, Vilanova Choir, 1996. •	“20th International Youth Hockey Tournament” Bibliography •	“Budesca” (1979). Pi de Cabanyes, Oriol. •	"Diccionari Ràfols" (1985). Diccionari Ràfols (editor). •	“Budesca” (1985). Panyella, Vinyet. Editorial Àmbit. •	“Enciclopèdia vivent de la pintura i escultura catalana” (1985). Santos Torroella, Rafael. Editorial Àmbit. •	“Artistes Contemporanis” (1985). Girona: Forum Gallery. •	L'officiel mondial de l'art contemporani (1987). France. •	“Art–Catalunya”, Unicef 87 (1987). •	“Budesca” (1987). Fernández-Molina, Antonio. Madrid: Editorial Arteguía. •	2nd Visual Arts Triennial (1987). Catalogue. Region of Franche Comté, France. •	Paintings at Banc de Sabadell (1988). Maragall, Joan A. Banc de Sabadell. •	“Àmplia veu pictòrica d'un senzill univers” (1994). Cadena, Josep Maria. Sponsored by the City Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú. •	“Exposició retrospectiva” (1994). Puig Rovira, Francesc Xavier. Foreword by Antoni Siurana. Sponsored by the City Council of Lleida. •	“Diccionario de pintores y escultores españoles del siglo XX” (1994). Curated and directed by Mario Antolín. Madrid: Editorial Fòrum Artistas. Devils of Vilanova i la Geltrú. Joaquim Budesca

•	“Budesca” (1994). Llop, Joan. Barcelona: Editorial Gal-Art. •	Història de l'Art Català (1997). 62 Publishing Company. •	“FIGURES; INTERIORS; PAISATGISTES” (1999; 2000), (selection of artists) Cadena, Josep Maria. Vicenç Coromina (editor). •	“Encuentros con el arte actual” (2000, 2003 i 2005). Selection. Volumes III and IV. GA. •	“Diccionari Anual d'artistes de Catalunya i Balears” (1999). Ràfols Encyclopedia, Josep Francesc Ràfols i Fontanals. •	“La ruta del Císter” (2000). Mil•lenari del Císter Foundation of Catalunya. Diccionari Ràfols. •	“Quién y por qué” (2001 i 2002). Editorial Arte y Patrimonio. •	“Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana” (2003). Volume 27. •	“Els meus paisans amb llustre o sens ell” (2002). Garcia, Xavier. Edicions L'Hora del Garraf. •	“Diccionari biogràfic de Vilanova i la Geltrú” (2003). Puig Rovira, Francesc Xavier. City Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú. •	“Centenars d'ulls miren la càmera de Joan Iriarte” (2004). Iriarte, Joan i Coll, Isabel. City Council of Sitges. •	“Atlas Español de la Cultura Popular (1873 – 2000) De la historieta y su uso”. Cuadrado, Jesús- Ediciones SINSENTIDO. •	“Artistes i escultors contemporanis a Sitges”; Fanny de Rosa-Joan Escolà. •	“Budesca i l'essència del mar”, written by Oriol Pi de Cabanyes. La Nostra Mar, published by the Museum of the Sea. Vilanova i la Geltrú. No. 27 June 2008. •	RETRAT, number 38 City Council of Vilanova i la Geltrú (2011) written by Carles G. Guinda. •	“Foc en dansa”, R. Vallverdú, this book received the II Rafael Tudó Award. References 1.	“Joaquim Budesca Català”. L'Enciclopèdia.cat. Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. 2.	Joaquim Budesca exhibit at the La Sala Contemporary Art Centre. vilanova.cat. 3.	“Guerra Civil Espanyola”. L'Enciclopèdia.cat. Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. 4.	GARCÍA GUINDA, Carles. Retrat. vilanova.cat. 5.	Recull de punts de llibre de VNG. External links •	“Official website”. •	“H2O. Water: press kit”. •	“Portrait”. •	“Joaquim Budesca, Vilanova painter, donated one of his works of art to the Victor Balaguer Museum”. •	“Official website of the Vila Casas Foundation”. •	“Official website of the Àmbit Art Gallery”.