Awards

Awards

1944 – III Medal, National Exhibition, Madrid.
1949 – Honorary Prize, Mollet del Vallès Painting Competition.
1951 – 1st Prize for watercolor, Artistes del Vallès.
1952 – 1st class diploma in the Artistic Contest of the Eucharistic Congress.
1955 – Drawing Prize at the Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona.
“Artur Potau” Landscape Award from the Seix Competition.
1958 – 1st Prize “Aureli Biosca” of the City of Terrassa Competition.
“Viscount de Güell” Drawing Award from the Seix Competition. Special Prize from the General Directorate of Fine Arts in the Tossa de Mar competition.
1963 – “Sir Winston Churchil Commemorative Crown”. Oxford.
1965 – Special prize in Sant Pol de Mar. 1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1966 – Lithography Prize in Zurich.
1st Prize in the Granollers Art Contest (Barcelona).
1969 – Special mention at the Avignon Show.
1973 – Fortuny Scholarship from the Barcelona Provincial Council.
1976 – Biella International Prize for Engraving (Italy).
1981 – Medal of the Herbert Duckermann Foundation, Grenoble.
1982 – Diploma and silver medal in Arts, Sciences and Letters, Paris.
Silver medal, Salon d’Arlés, France.
1983 – II Diploma Maestro di Pittura Honoris Causa, Roma.
1989 – Gold medal of the International Painting Fund of Barcelona.
1990 – “Microphone of the Year” Award given by Ràdio Mollet.
1992 – Medal of the Barcelona Athenaeum.
1993 – Silver medal of the Museum and Center for Sports Studies Dr. Melcior Colet of the Generalitat de Catalunya .. Gold medal of the Real Cercle Artístic de Barcelona.
2002 – Xammar de la Cultura Award given by Omnium Cultural.
St. George’s Cross
2006 – Diploma and medal in Expressionism from the Barcelona International Painting Fund.

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