Francesc Fontbona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francesc Fontbona

Spanish art historian

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: professor, historian, art historian, art critic

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Francesc Fontbona (born 20 July 1948, Barcelona) is a Catalan art historian, writer, exhibition curator and specialist in Romanticism, Catalan Modernism and Noucentisme Arts.
Fontbona is the author of many works of Catalan art history.
Doctorate in Early modern period from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1987.
He was director of Graphic section in National Library of Catalonia (1995-2013), and Chief executive-writer of art section in the Great Catalan Encyclopedia (1968–78).
Francesc Fontbona is member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Saint George, member of The Hispanic Society of America, member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans and President of Patronat Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic.