Josefa Tolrà i Abril

Josefa Tolrà i Abril

Artists · draftsperson · healer · spiritual medium

Spanish painter (1880-1959)

About Josefa Tolrà i Abril

Josefa Tolrà i Abril (6 January 1880 – 15 October 1959) was a Spanish Catalan medium and artist, known for her drawings, writings and embroideries made during her trance state. Her works have been categorised as naïve art and exhibited in major Spanish museums such as the Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre and the Prado Museum in Madrid, the National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) in Barcelona, as well as at the 59th Venice Biennale and the Pompidou Center in Paris.

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Born
1880-01-06
Died
1959-10-15

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