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Spanish painter Joan Hernández Pijuan was known for his minimal compositions, neutral colors, and gestural lines. Born on February 15, 1931 in Barcelona, Spain, he graduated from the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Sant Jordi. His first solo exhibition in 1955 was held at the Museo Municipal de Mataró, and soon afterward he co-founded Grupo Silex. The group, which included artists Eduardo Alcoy and Josep Maria Rovira Brull, explored the relationship between contemporary and primitive art. Pijuan moved to Paris in the late 1950s where he attended engraving and lithography classes at the École des …