Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar (Barcelona 1927-2014) has been one of the most internationally renowned contemporary sculptors, as evidenced by his numerous awards and recognitions, as well as the presence of his Artwork in numerous museums and public spaces in cities around the world, primarily Barcelona. He has also participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in public and private museums and galleries. Since 2017, he has had a museum dedicated to his Artwork in Barcelona, the Espai Subirachs.
In his Artwork, Subirachs synthesized technical mastery and the purity of materials and textures with the desire to communicate and express a symbolic and transcendental language, through the creation of his own universe of iconographic references. Subirachs has also Artworked in painting, drawing, engraving, posters, tapestries, book illustration, jewelry design, medal minting, and stage sets for prestigious theater and ballet productions. He has Artworked as an art professor and, in the theoretical field, as a writer and contributor to magazines and newspapers, as an art critic, and as a lecturer worldwide.