Joan i Teresa Vila i Grau

Joan Vila i Grau (14 August 1932 – 11 November 2022) was a Spanish painter and stained-glass artist.

Biography The son of artist Antoni Vila Arrufat, Vila-Grau studied at the from 1950 to 1955, although he eventually practiced painting. Interested in liturgical art, he specialized in stained glass for religious buildings, notably with the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. He created art alongside Joan Miró.

Vila-Grau established himself as a theoretician, founding the magazine Qüestions d'Art. He also wrote works such as Els vitrallers de la Barcelona modernista, Descoberta de la taula de vitraller de Girona, El vitrall renaixentista, Le vitrail dans l'architecture de Gaudí.

Stained glass in the Sagrada Família