Josep Lluís Pellicer i Fenyé (12 May 1842 – 15 June 1901) was a Spanish painter, illustrator and cartoonist.

Biography

He was born in

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, and originally studied to be a surveyor, but switched to studying art with Ramón Martí Alsina, who later became his father-in-law. In 1865, he went to Rome to complete his studies.Brief Biography
@ Biografías y Vidas. He combined his painting with drawings designed for publication by the press, including political cartoons, which were often signed with his pseudonym "Nyapus". Paso de un convoy por el alto de Urquiola, de Pellicer

Paso de un convoy por el alto de Urquiola, de Pellicer

In that regard, he was a supporter of

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causes and, in 1869, his studio served as a meeting place for high-level organizers from the

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; a meeting arranged by Pellicer's cousin,

Rafael Farga i Pellicer Rafael Farga i Pellicer (1844–1890), also known as the "Just Pastor of Pellico", was a Catalan typesetter, political cartoonist, painter, syndicalist, anarchist and journalist from Spain. Works and collaborations *''Garibaldi. Historia Libera ...

, a prominent

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. That same year, he was elected as a City Councillor for Barcelona and was one of the signers of the Tortosa Pact.Brief Biography
@ the Associació Amics Passatge Lluís Pellicer website. His drawings also chronicled the

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and, during the

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, he was a correspondent for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.Biographical Notes
@ the

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. His work was highly detailed and was often done on the battlefield; sometimes on the front line. He also worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''. As a painter, he won medals during his stay in Rome and at the 1871 exposition in Madrid, where he presented his best-known painting, "Zitto, Silencio...que pasa la ronda" (Shut Up! Silence! The Patrol is Passing!). After helping to organize in the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, he was named Director of the newly created "Museo de Reproducciones". He was also one of the founders of the "Institut Català de les Arts del Llibre" (a society of illustrators) and twice served as its President. He also wrote articles on various artistic subjects for ''

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'', ' and the ', and was the artistic director for "Editorial Montaner i Simón", where he illustrated ''

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'', ''The Legend of the Cid'' by

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and some of the ''

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'' by

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. He served as President of the on three occasions and, in 1894, he became a Professor at the

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, now part of the Faculty of Arts at the

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. He died in Barcelona.

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External links

"José Luis Pellicer, corresponsal artístico en la última guerra carlista"
by María Dolores Bastida de la Calle from ''Espacio, Tiempo y Forma'', 1989, pgs. 343-376, archived @ Revistas. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pellicer, Josep Lluis 1842 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Painters from Catalonia Orientalist painters People from Barcelona Spanish cartoonists Spanish illustrators Spanish war correspondents

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