Artist Teresa Vall Palou, a reference of abstraction, dies
In parallel to his artistic work, he developed an important patronage task through the Vallpalou Foundation
BarcelonaThe artist and patron Teresa Vall Palou, considered a benchmark of abstract painting, died on Sunday at the age of 75, as reported by the Vallpalou Foundation, of which she was president. The artist's death occurred just a few months after several shows of recognition: the Miguel Marcos gallery in Barcelona dedicated the exhibition El vitalisme del color to her in May, and in March, this same gallery, Bonart Cultural and the Tomás y Valiente Art Center in Fuenlabrada (Madrid) had jointly organized the exhibition about the artist the exhibition about the artist Atmosferes cromàtiques.Vall Palou's painting is characterized by its introspective and experimental nature. "His painting, both rigorous and instinctive, is part of a line of organic abstraction in which nature, biology, and color are fundamental elements", could be read in the presentation text ofThe Vitalism of Color. In Vall Palou's compositions, color, gesture, and matter are key, with which he wanted to express intimate emotions and tensions. “I don't like easy art. I believe in difficulty, one must take risks”, said the artist, who participated in numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Catalonia and the rest of Spain, in France, and in Germany. His work is present in institutions such as the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona, the Public Library of Lleida, and Acció Cultural del País Valencià.
A multifaceted artist
Daughter of José María Vall Companys, co-founder of the Vall Companys agri-food group, Teresa Vall Palou was born in Lleida in 1951. Her education began in the field of science, specifically veterinary medicine, but she abandoned it to dedicate herself fully to art. As an artist, she trained at the Cercle de Belles Arts in Lleida, but soon distanced herself from academic postulates to forge her own language. Vall Palou went beyond painting and also worked in engraving, sculpture, ceramics, and multimedia installations.
In parallel to her career as an artist, in 2008 she created the Vallpalou Foundation with the aim of promoting contemporary art as a tool for social transformation, with a firm commitment to promoting the social inclusion of people in vulnerable situations.