birth
Barcelona, Spain, 28-11-1927
death
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1984
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Ponç i Bonet, Joan
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23-04-2025
Joan Ponç was born in Barcelona in 1927, where he studied painting under Ramon Rogent. From the beginning, in the 1940s, he developed a very personal symbolism: a world of his own inhabited by visions and imaginary beings with great visual strength. In the late 1940s, he became involved with different avant-garde initiatives, such as the magazine Algol in 1946 (with Francesc Boadella, Joan Brossa, Jordi Mercader, Arnau Puig and Enric Tormo) and the group Dau al Set (with Joan Brossa, Modest Cuixart, Arnau Puig, Antoni Tàpies and Joan-Josep Tharrats). Despite it being the height of the Franco regime, the latter group championed the artistic avant-garde and promoted a magical and mysterious dimension of reality. Ponç was a key contributor. A friend of Dalí and Miró, who recognised the power of his dreamlike Surrealism, Ponç collaborated with the poets/writers Josep Vicenç Foix, Joan Brossa, Luis Goytisolo and Joan Fuster. At the end of the seventies, and after a long stay in Brazil (1953–62), sight problems brought syncretism and intensity to his visionary and disturbing world. Despite going through different creative moments, he always displayed a strong creative freedom, following a certain primitivism and the so-called neo-avant-garde. His painting embodies a fascinating universe populated by singular beings, between grotesque and diabolic, tortured and premonitory, which allow him to explore the darkest realms of the human being.
Ponç's first solo exhibition was held at the Sala Arte, Bilbao, in 1946. Following which, he exhibited extensively in spaces such as the Galeria Clan, Madrid (1953), Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo (1954 and 1946), Galeria René Metras, Barcelona (1964), Olaf Hudtwalcker, Frankfurt (1965), Staempfli Gallery, New York (1966) and Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris (1978). Retrospective exhibitions of his work include those held at Galeria René Metras, Barcelona (1972), la Caixa de Barcelona Obra Social, Manresa (1980), La Pedrera, Barcelona, and Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret (2017–18). Ponç's work has a prominent presence in the holdings of the Catalan collector Salvador Riera.
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Ponç's first solo exhibition was held at the Sala Arte, Bilbao, in 1946. Following which, he exhibited extensively in spaces such as the Galeria Clan, Madrid (1953), Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo (1954 and 1946), Galeria René Metras, Barcelona (1964), Olaf Hudtwalcker, Frankfurt (1965), Staempfli Gallery, New York (1966) and Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris (1978). Retrospective exhibitions of his work include those held at Galeria René Metras, Barcelona (1972), la Caixa de Barcelona Obra Social, Manresa (1980), La Pedrera, Barcelona, and Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret (2017–18). Ponç's work has a prominent presence in the holdings of the Catalan collector Salvador Riera.
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Conjunt d'obres Col·lecció 30 aniversari [Enregistrament sonor]
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28-11-2025 - 28-9-2026
A.HIS.08161
A.HIS.08161
Joc de cartes / Brossa, Cuixart, Ponç i Tàpies [Postal]
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1997
A.HIS.05241
A.HIS.05241
Carta : Cadaqués, Cesáreo Rodríguez Aguilera, [1969?]
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[1969?]
A11012
A11012
Diàbolo / Joan Brossa ; [dibuixos de Joan Ponç]
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[entre 1960 i 1999]
A.JBR.03853
A.JBR.03853
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], 1949 abr. 19
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1949
A.JBR.03511.170
A.JBR.03511.170
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], [1949 abr.?]
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[1949]
A.JBR.03511.173
A.JBR.03511.173
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], [1949?]
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[1949?]
A.JBR.03511.167
A.JBR.03511.167
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], [1949 abr.?]
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[1949]
A.JBR.03511.172
A.JBR.03511.172
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], 1949 abr. 18
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1949
A.JBR.03511.161
A.JBR.03511.161
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], [1949?]
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[1949?]
A.JBR.03511.166
A.JBR.03511.166
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 13]
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[1981]
A.JBR.03511.028
A.JBR.03511.028
Carta : [Cadaqués?], a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, [196-?]
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[196-?]
A.JBR.01301
A.JBR.01301
Carta : Toledo, a Juan Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1948
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1948
A.JBR.01300
A.JBR.01300
Nota : [Barcelona], a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa],
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[19--]
A.JBR.01299
A.JBR.01299
Carta : la Roca, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1974 abr. 20
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1974
A.JBR.01303
A.JBR.01303
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1966 oct. 13
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1966
A.JBR.03353.013.004
A.JBR.03353.013.004
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1967 febr. 16
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1967
A.JBR.03353.013.007
A.JBR.03353.013.007
Carta : [el Bruc?], a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], [Barcelona], 1965 jul. 24
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1965
A.JBR.03353.013.001
A.JBR.03353.013.001
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1966 des. 6
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1966
A.JBR.03353.013.006
A.JBR.03353.013.006
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1970 ag. 5
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1970
A.JBR.03353.013.003
A.JBR.03353.013.003
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1968 gen. 29
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1968
A.JBR.03353.013.002
A.JBR.03353.013.002
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, 1967 març 3
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1967
A.JBR.03353.013.005
A.JBR.03353.013.005
Nota : [Barcelona], a [Joan Brossa?, 1975? ag.?]
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[1975?]
A.JBR.03504.001.004
A.JBR.03504.001.004
Diàbolo
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[1948?]
A.JBR.03511.001
A.JBR.03511.001
La pell de la pell / [J. V. Foix]
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[1976?]
A.JBR.03511.140
A.JBR.03511.140
Dau al Set [núm. 23]
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1951
A.JBR.03511.053
A.JBR.03511.053
Dau al Set [núm. 32]
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1951
A.JBR.03511.056
A.JBR.03511.056
Dibuixos de Joan Ponç, 1946
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[198--199-]
A.JBR.03504.001.060
A.JBR.03504.001.060
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a [Joan Ponç, 1949 abr.]
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[1949]
A.JBR.03511.162
A.JBR.03511.162
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a Ponç [i.e. Joan Ponç], [1949]
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[1949]
A.JBR.03511.171
A.JBR.03511.171
"El Ponç auténtico" / Joan Ponç
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[1983]
A.JBR.03546.006
A.JBR.03546.006
97 notes sobre ficcions poncianes / textos: J.V. Foix ; dibuixos: Joan Ponç
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1974
A04353
A04353
La balada del gran macabre
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1979
A.JBR.04014.013.039
A.JBR.04014.013.039
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona?], a Joan Ponç, [1967?]
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[1967?]
A.JBR.00773.095
A.JBR.00773.095
Esborrany de carta : [Barcelona], a [Joan Ponç, 1949?]
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[1949?]
A.JBR.03511.165
A.JBR.03511.165
[Cartes de Joan Ponç a Joan Brossa]
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1965 - 1970
A.JBR.03353.013
A.JBR.03353.013
'Nova balada del Cap de Creus i dels cinc mariners exclusius, amb el timoner, que era jo' / J. V. Foix ; dibuixos de Joan Ponç
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[1950]
A.JBR.03511.127
A.JBR.03511.127
Carta : Cadaqués, a Brossa [i.e. Joan Brossa], Barcelona, [196-?]
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[196-?]
A.JBR.01302
A.JBR.01302
97 notes sobre ficcions poncianes / textos: J.V. Foix ; dibuixos: Joan Ponç
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1974
A.JBR.03789
A.JBR.03789
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 13]
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1981
A.JTH.0414
A.JTH.0414
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 13]
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1981
A.JTH.0415
A.JTH.0415
97 notes sobre ficcions poncianes / textos: J.V. Foix ; dibuixos: Joan Ponç
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1974
A04352
A04352
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 1]
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1981
A.JTH.0379
A.JTH.0379
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 1]
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1981
A.JTH.0380
A.JTH.0380
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Leteradura). Núm. 1]
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1977 - 1978
A.JTH.0099.001
A.JTH.0099.001
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Leteradura). Núm. 13]
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1977 - 1978
A.JTH.0099.014
A.JTH.0099.014
Grups Dau al Set, Sílex
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1984
A04008
A04008
Dau al Set [núm. 13]
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1950
A.JTH.0204
A.JTH.0204
Devoraciones / Luis Goytisolo, Joan Ponç
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1976
A00645
A00645
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 13]
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1981
A.JTH.0416
A.JTH.0416
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 1]
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1981
A.JTH.0378
A.JTH.0378
Dau al Set [núm. 13]
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1950
A.JTH.0203
A.JTH.0203
Dau al Set [núm. 1]
document
1948
A.JTH.0097
A.JTH.0097
Dau al Set [Edició facsímil (Art-3). Núm. 1]
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1981
A.JTH.0098
A.JTH.0098
Dau al Set [núm. 13]
document
1950
A.JTH.0205
A.JTH.0205
Ojos, círculos, buhos / Luis Goytisolo ; Joan Ponç
document
1970
A00805
A00805
Em va fer Joan Brossa / pròleg de Joao Cabral de Melo
document
1951
A03738
A03738
Algol [edició facsímil]
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[1977?]
A00943.002
A00943.002
Algol [edició facsímil]
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[1977?]
A00943.001
A00943.001
97 notes sobre ficcions poncianes / textos: J.V. Foix ; dibuixos: Joan Ponç
document
1974
A00511
A00511
Exposición Surrealismo : del 23-12-64 al 11-1-65, galería de arte Grises, Bilbao : originales de Cuixart, Dalí, Jardiel, Millares, Miró, Ponç, Saura, Tàpies, Tharrats / [texto: J.M. Moreno Galván]
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1965
A01069
A01069