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Ángeles Santos Torroella (7 November 1911 – 3 October 2013) was a Catalan Spanish surrealist painter. Born in Portbou, Catalonia, she was the sister of the poet and art critic Rafael Santos Torroella. She married the painter Emili Grau Sala. Her son is the painter ca:Julià Grau i Santos. In 2003 she received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain[2] and in 2005, the Creu de Sant Jordi, awarded by the Government of Catalonia.[3]

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Ángeles Santos Torroella
Self portrait, 1928
Born	(1911-11-07)7 November 1911 Portbou, Spain
Died	3 October 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 101) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Painting
Spouse(s)	Emili Grau i Sala ​ (m. 1936)​ [1]

Biography

In 1929 Santos Torroella presented her work Un Mundo (A World) at the Autumn Salon in Madrid.[1] The next year she was given her own room at the exhibition.[1] In 1931 she held a solo exhibit in Paris. In 1932, she participated in the Iberian Artists Collective in Copenhagen and Paris, and the next year was invited to the exhibit at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh (USA). In 1936, she exhibited at the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. She exhibited in Barcelona for the first time in 1935, at Syra Galleries.

In 1936, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Santos Torroella and her husband fled Spain for France. She returned to Spain by herself in 1937.[1] The couple reunited in 1962.[1]

Work

Her work early work ranges from expressionism to surrealism, though it later moved into Post-Impressionism, primordially landscape and interiors. Her most renowned painting is a large-format oil called Un mundo, representing a strange surreal planet, which she painted when she was 18 and is currently held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Works in museums

• Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
• ca:Museu de l'Empordà, Figueres

Death

Torroella died on 3 October 2013, at the age of 101.[4][1]

References

External links

• images of Ángeles Santos Torroella's work at The Museo Reina Sofía

На других языках

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- [en] Ángeles Santos Torroella

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[es] Ángeles Santos Torroella

Ángeles Santos Torroella (Portbou, 7 de noviembre de 1911-Madrid, 3 de octubre de 2013)[1] fue una pintora y artista gráfica española perteneciente a la generación del 27. Iniciada entre el surrealismo y el expresionismo, evolucionó hacia el postimpresionismo con temas de paisaje e interiores. En 2003, recibió la Medalla de Oro al mérito en las Bellas Artes, otorgada por el Ministerio de Cultura de España[2] y en 2005 recibió de la Generalidad de Cataluña la Creu de Sant Jordi.

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[fr] Ángeles Santos Torroella

Ángeles Santos Torroella, aussi connue sous le surnom d’Angelita, née le 7 novembre 1911 à Portbou, dans la Province de Gérone en Catalogne et morte le 3 octobre 2013 à Madrid, est une peintre espagnole d'avant-garde à la trajectoire fugace, qui a marqué l'éclosion du surréalisme dans son pays[1].

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[it] Ángeles Santos Torroella

Ángeles Santos Torroella (Portbou, 7 novembre 1911 – Madrid, 3 ottobre 2013) è stata una pittrice spagnola.

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[ru] Сантос Торроэлья, Анхелес

Áнхелес Са́нтос Торроэ́лья, иногда — Анхелес Сантос (исп. Ángeles Santos Torroella; 7 ноября 1911 (1911-11-07), Портбоу — 3 октября 2013[1], Мадрид) — испанская (каталонская) художница.

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