Joan Beltran Bofill was born in Barcelona on the 17th of June 1934. He started drawing and painting at a very young age. In the former and prestigious "Casa Lonja" (where several artists of the Catalan School, including Picasso, had also studied) he has studied drawing, painting, composition, and theory of colour and he obtained first prize in drawing for being graduate number one in his promotion. He also has studied at the "Sant Jordi" Fine Art School in Barcelona. 

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With a solid background in drawing, colour theory, and composition, Beltran Bofill set out to pursue a career in art in 1972 and since then has devoted himself entirely to painting. His entire professional life has really been an exploration of the effect of light in Mediterranean culture. The idea of space and the use of filtered light indeed exemplify his work today. Moreover, he brings to his art a lifelong interest in classical figure as he champions the rebirth of beauty.



Majorca, where much of his painting is done, provides the idyllic conditions that he reflects so masterfully in his compositions. Travel too, has played an important role in his development. The museums of Madrid enabled him to study Goya, Rubens, Durer and Botticelli, to mention a few of the masters that he admires, and visits to Paris, London and New York further enlarged his knowledge of both the past and present masters.



In viewing Bofill's paintings it is clear that he is answering a challenge, fighting a duel with light. In his endeavour to give it shape and make it vibrate on his canvas, he lavishes all his faculties, all of the technical resources he has acquired over the years.

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Dating back to 1972, Beltran Bofill has had one-man exhibitions in Barcelona, Majorca, Valencia, Madrid, Paris, New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Tokyo and of course Monaco.



Joan Beltràn Bofill

Viento Compone

100 x 81cm​

Oil on canvas

Cala Sensual

146 x 114cm

Oil on canvas