Josep Collell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josep Collell

painter and ceramist

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1920

Place of Birth: Vic, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 21-Jul-2011

Profession: painter, ceramist

Nationality: Spain, Uruguay

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Josep Collell (July 18, 1920, Vic - July 21, 2011, Montevideo) was a Catalan painter and ceramicist who lived in Montevideo from 1950, where he developed his artistic career.
He was a member of the Taller Torres-Garcia and in 1955 he created, together with his wife Carmen Cano, the Taller Collell of ceramics where for thirty years they taught their ceramic technique, the burnished engobe.