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| Galeria Dalmau | |
|---|---|
| Name | Galeria Dalmau |
| Established | 1940s |
| Dissolved | 1973 |
| Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Notable people | Joan Prats, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Antoni Tàpies, Pablo Picasso |
Galeria Dalmau Galeria Dalmau was an influential art gallery in Barcelona that promoted avant-garde and contemporary art in Catalonia and Spain, showcasing artists across movements such as Surrealism, Informalism, and Noucentisme while engaging with cultural institutions and collectors. The gallery organized exhibitions and publications that connected figures from the Barcelona art scene with international currents linked to Paris, Madrid, Brussels, New York, and Milan, fostering relationships among artists, critics, curators, museums, and patrons.
Galeria Dalmau emerged in mid-20th century Barcelona amid interactions between cultural actors including Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Antoni Tàpies, and curators associated with Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Fundació Joan Miró, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Galerie Maeght, and Pierre Matisse Gallery. The gallery's trajectory intersected with exhibitions tied to Surrealism, Dada, Informalism, Abstract Expressionism, and dialogues with critics from El País, La Vanguardia, ABC (Spanish newspaper), and art historians linked to Universitat de Barcelona and Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Patronage and collecting networks including Banco de España, Fundación Juan March, Círculo del Liceo, and private collectors shaped programming alongside international fairs such as Biennale di Venezia, Documenta, and Salon de Mai.
In its founding years the gallery aligned with artists and cultural entrepreneurs like Joan Prats, Pérez de Rozas, Josep Lluís Sert, Ricard Giralt Miracle, and gallery owners who coordinated with institutions such as Palau de la Música Catalana, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Institut Pere Mata, and foundations including Fundación Miró and Fundación Juan March. Early exhibitions featured works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Antoni Tàpies, and younger figures with ties to academies such as Escola Massana and Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de Barcelona, generating coverage in outlets like Revista de Occidente, Destinos, and exhibition catalogues circulated among museums including Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and galleries such as Galerie Pierre.
The gallery presented exhibitions by major artists including Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Antoni Tàpies, Eduardo Chillida, Alexander Calder, Wifredo Lam, Germain Richier, Manolo Hugué, Pere Daura, Josep Maria Subirachs, Antoni Clavé, Ricard Canals, Joan Josep Tharrats, Eugeni d'Ors, Francisco Bores, Óscar Domínguez, Óscar Tusquets, Carlos Nadal, Rafael Barradas, Joaquín Torres García, Antonio Saura, Manuel Hernández Mompó, Isabel Mirò, Miguel Barceló, Juan Genovés, José Guerrero, Gonzalo Sicre, Lluís Borrassà, Maruja Mallo, Ignasi Palau i Fabre, Ricard Pons, Josep Guinovart, Arturo Souto, José Gutiérrez Solana, Domènec Fita and collaborations with international figures from Paris, London, New York, and Milan. Landmark shows connected the gallery to events like the Biennale di Venezia representation of Spanish artists, collaborations with Museo Reina Sofía curators, and loans from collections such as Colección Telefónica.
Galeria Dalmau influenced Catalan modernism and postwar movements by exhibiting proponents of Noucentisme, Surrealism, Informalism, and linking them to postwar European dialogues including Abstract Expressionism, Arte Povera, and Tachisme, while engaging critics and theoreticians from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Girona, Institut del Teatre and cultural journals including Cuadernos de Arte, Revista de Arte Español and La Vanguardia Cultural. The gallery served as a meeting point for collectors, curators from Museo del Prado, Museu Picasso, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, and international dealers such as Knoedler, Pace Gallery, Gagosian, and Maeght, thereby impacting acquisition policies at institutions like Fundación MAPFRE and Fundación Bancaja.
The physical space of the gallery in Barcelona reflected modern exhibition practices and dialogues with architects and designers including Josep Lluís Sert, Josep Antoni Coderch, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Antoni Gaudí, Ramon Casas conservation concerns debated with Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya staff and curators from Fundació Joan Miró and Museo Reina Sofía. Display strategies integrated sculpture, painting, and installation works by artists such as Eduardo Chillida, Alexander Calder, Antoni Tàpies, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and engaged framers, registrars, and conservators linked to Conservatori de Barcelona and exhibition designers with ties to FAD (Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño).
Galeria Dalmau produced catalogues, critical essays, and limited-edition prints in collaboration with critics and writers including Carmen Giménez, Ignacio de la Torre, Joan Perucho, Josep Pla, Carlos Barral, and publishers such as Editorial Ariel, Editorial Seix Barral, Lumen, and institutions like Fundación Joan Miró and Museu Picasso. Catalogue raisonnés, exhibition catalogues, and monographs issued by the gallery entered collections of libraries and archives including Biblioteca Nacional de España, Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya, Museo Reina Sofía Library, and private collections belonging to collectors like Eusebi Güell, Juan March, and corporate collections such as Banco Santander.
The gallery closed in the early 1970s, leaving a legacy reflected in retrospectives at Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, scholarly work at Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and citations in exhibition histories tied to Biennale di Venezia, Documenta, Museo Reina Sofía acquisitions, and permanent collections of Museu Picasso, Fundació Joan Miró, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and corporate patrons including Fundación Bancaja. Its archival materials, correspondence with artists like Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Antoni Tàpies, and curators linked to Pierre Matisse Gallery and Galerie Maeght continue to inform research by historians, curators, and institutions such as MACBA and international museums undertaking exhibitions on mid-20th-century Spanish and Catalan art.
Category:Art galleries in Barcelona