Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1871–1959), known in
Catalan
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as Hermenegild (or Hermen) Anglada Camarasa, was a
Catalan
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and
Balearic Spanish painter.
Life and career
Born in
Barcelona
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, he studied there at the
Llotja School. His early work had the clear academic imprint of his teacher,
Modest Urgell
Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations.
Biography
He was born to ...
.
In 1894 he moved to Paris, and studied at the
Académie Julian. He adopted a more personal style, after that of
Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is espec ...
and
Toulouse-Lautrec
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the l ...
, with their depictions of nocturnal and interior subjects. But his work was also marked by the intense colors which presaged the arrival of
Fauvism. Lively brushwork reveals strong
Oriental and
Arab
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influences. Allied with the
Vienna Secession
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movement, his decorative style draws comparison to
Gustav Klimt.
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One of his most important works is a portrait of Sonia Klamery.
He died in Pollença, on the island of Majorca, and is commemorated by a bronze bust
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on the 'Pine Walk' at Port de Pollença
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.
Bibliography
*Hutchinson Harris, S. ''The art of Anglada-Camarasa'', London 1929.
*Fontbona, Francesc & Miralles, Francesc. ''Anglada-Camarasa''. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 1981.
*Fontbona, Francesc & Miralles, Francesc. ''Anglada-Camarasa. Dibujos. Catálogo razonado''. Barcelona: Editorial Mediterrània, 2006.
See also
*Modest Urgell
Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations.
Biography
He was born to ...
*Ignacio Zuloaga
Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (July 26, 1870October 31, 1945) was a Spanish painter, born in Eibar (Guipuzcoa), near the monastery of Loyola.
Family
He was the son of metalworker and damascener Plácido Zuloaga and grandson of the organizer and ...
References
External links
Artehistoria.com biography
Hermen Anglada Camarasa Paintings
1872 births
1959 deaths
19th-century Spanish painters
19th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists
Painters from Catalonia
Académie Julian alumni
Modernisme painters
Painters from the Balearic Islands
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