Barcelona
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Province of Barcelona
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Biography
Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tiana, she studied at La Llotja de Barcelona with Joan Llaverias and Antoni Utrillo who helped Anglada get her first exposure in the
Sala Parés
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History
Founded by the original store owner's son, , an ...
and in the weekly magazine ''
¡Cu-Cut!
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History
¡Cu-cut!, named after the cuck ...
,'' which published her drawings. Later, and for a short period, would enter the academy Francesc d' A. Galí, where he met Joan Miró and Cristōfol Ricard, with the latter establishing close friendships both personally and artistically
At the end of
World War I
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Anglada traveled to
Paris
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thanks to a
French Government
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scholarship, collaborating with several publishing companies there, where she corresponded with
Francesc Macià
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Politically, he evol ...
or Josep Clarà. Infused with democratic values and the Catalanist cause, she organized a request of
amnesty
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for the accused participants in the Garraf Plot against the King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
During the
Spanish Civil War
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, she joined the UGT and collaborated in the Commissariat of propaganda, with the latter published in the Spanish Civil War (1937) that perhaps its most iconic and recognized ''Tale: The smallest of all''.
Once the war ended, she settled permanently in Tiana, a town in the Maresme region near Barcelona, in the farm family resort where she died on 12 September 1984.
Artistic works
Versatile, with excellent drawing technique, great sensitivity and a strong Catalanist, Lola Anglada is considered the last of the classical Catalan illustrators of the 20th century and one of the most important writers of the pre-war era.
She collaborated with several children's magazines, including ''En Jordi'', ''
En Patufet
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'', ''La Nuri'' (set up by Anglada herself) and '' La Mainada''. The character that she made most well-known, "El més petit de tots" ("the smallest of all of them"), is a symbol of Catalan national identity of that period.
Awards and legacy
In 1975, she was awarded the Medal of Cultural Merit of the Diputació de Barcelona; in 1980 with the Medal of the Promotion of the Decorative Arts; and in 1981 with the ''
Creu de Sant Jordi
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'', granted by the
Generalitat de Catalunya
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. She gave her collection of dolls to the Diputació de Barcelona, which installed it in the Romantic Museum of
Sitges
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.
Appointed adoptive daughter of Tiana, the village has also named its private
primary school
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Martorell
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It has three railway stations - on ...
,
Esplugues de Llobregat
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,
Vilafranca del Penedès
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and Lloret de Mar.
Between 1984 and 2003, she granted herself the Prize Lola Anglada of brief stories for boys and girls, summoned by the Caixa de Terrassa and the Town Council of
Terrassa
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The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ...
*''Contes del Paradís'', 1920
*''En Peret'', 1928, illustrated by herself.
*''Margarida'', 1929 illustrated by herself.
*''Monsenyor Llangardaix'', 1929
*''Narcís'', 1930
*''El més petit de tots'', 1937 illustrated by herself.
*''La Barcelona dels nostres avis'', 1949
*''La meva casa i el meu jardí'', 1958
*''Martinet'', 1960