Josep Costa Sobrepera

Josep Costa Sobrepera.

Josep Costa Sobrepera (Palafrugell, 30 June 1937) is a painter of figurative art in Palafrugell (Catalonia, Spain), which highlights his watercolors and oil paintings of seascapes.

Biography

Youth

Born in a family professionally related with the cork sector, his teachers realized of his ability to realize paintings. Costa Sobrepera received night classes at the Local School of Arts and, at 16, got his first job in the workshop of blacksmith master artisan Joan Gich. The first public exhibit of his work was in 1955 at the Library of Palafrugell, driven by his teacher Lluís Medir Jofra.^[1]

Continued exhibiting his works in the library and other centers of the town until 1958, when he began to participate in national and international events, winning some prices. In the decade from 1960 was employed by several companies as a technical engineer for five years and taught evening classes at the School of Arts and Crafts Palafrugell, substituting for his teacher.^[2] In 1966 he enrolled at the School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona. This meant that Costa Sobrepera had little time for painting.

Dedication as a painter

Until 1971 he lived in Barcelona, where it housed the first studio and enrolled as a listener in anatomy classes at the School of Fine Arts, where he met artists like Martinez Lozano. He returned to Palafrugell in 1972 to devote himself entirely to painting in his studio, where he also taught drawing and painting. During the following years he exhibited his work in several galleries throughout Catalonia and Spain, including Barcelona's Sala Rovira, and was awarded in various competitions, both national and international. The 1975 is considered an "important year" for him both personally (married) as an artistic level (exhibited at many venues and art galleries).^[3]

The end of the decade of 1970 and during 1980 was the era of artistic production and Costa Sobrepera breakthrough in the dissemination of his work with the participation of many international competitions and a significant presence throughout Catalonia opening in Spain.

In 1996 it is considered that started a new creative stage that led him to travel to Scandinavia and elsewhere in Western Europe.^[4] Within this new stage he momentarily left the oil painting to devote himself to watercolor and other colors such as gray and green took center stage.^[4] Costa Sobrepera continued getting awards, especially in France.^[4][5][6][7]

Selected Works

• Ecstasy. The hopes of a desire (1953)
• Women (India, 1998)
• Home (India 1998)
• Market (Guatemala, 1987)
• Market Street (Guatemala, 1987)
• Morning Light (Palamós, 1999)
• Boats (La Selva, 2004)
• The veil of light (Sweden, 1997)

Exhibits

Work in museums

His works are found in museums in Catalonia:

• Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
• Museu de l'Empordà (Figueres)
• Museu del Suro de Palafrugell

References

1. ↑ Cebollero 2008: p. 15
2. ↑ Cebollero 2008: p. 217
3. ↑ Cebollero 2008: p. 17
4. 1 2 3 Cebollero 2008: p. 19
5. ↑ Art Costa Sobrepera dóna obres a la Diputació, Diari de Girona
6. ↑ «Notícia». Televisió de Girona, 2008. [Consulta: 5 de juliol de 2012].
7. ↑ C., X.. «Costa Sobrepera inaugura demà una exposició». El Punt Avui (3 d'agost de 2011) [Consulta: 5 de juliol de 2012].