Montserrat Masdeu

Artist Biography

Montserrat Masdeu was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1947. Throughout her childhood and school age she assisted and apprenticed with painter Victor Esteban Ripaux. She also attended the Barcelona Baixas Academy, where she prepared for her entrance to the School of Fine Arts and Crafts in Barcelona. Subsequently she studied at the prestigious Massana School in Barcelona. She began exhibiting her art, prints and posters individually in 1974, and since then has participated in countless exhibitions.

In 1983 she established the Art School of Barria in Barcelona. In May 1988 Montserrat Masdeu was selected to represent "Paisajes de Cataluna" in Caja de Madrid, Aranjuez, Madrid. In addition, her notoriety through her art, prints and posters led her to be commissioned to complete a collection of works for the University of California in Berkeley.

Montserrat Masdeu's goal is to pass on to the viewer the feelings evoked by the places and situations in which she lives so intensely. Her landscapes reflect her world; they are the fruit born of many hours of study and reflection. Her passion is evident in her singular paintings of Venice, Paris and London—their façades, gardens, greenhouses and patios. No matter what the setting, Masdeu always manages to instill her particular Mediterranean sensibility into her art, prints and posters.

Montserrat Masdeu Art, Prints and Posters Collection