Joan Vila i Grau (14 August 1932 – 11 November 2022) was a Spanish painter and stained-glass artist.
[1] The son of artist Antoni Vila Arrufat, Vila-Grau studied at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona [es] 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.
[2] Vila-Grau established himself as a theoretician, founding the magazine Qüestions d'Art.
[2] Vila-Grau was the director of the Instituto del Vitral in Barcelona, a member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona [es].