Xavier Gosé i Rovira (1876,

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– 16 March 1915,

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) was a Catalan painter and illustrator who worked in the

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and

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styles.

Biography

His father was an

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and died when Xavier was only four years old. The family then returned to Barcelona, where he was enrolled at the

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in 1894, and studied with

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.Brief biography
@ Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. From 1895 to 1898, he provided illustrations for several well-known magazines including ''

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''. A frequent customer at

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, he held an exhibition of his drawings there in 1899. In 1900, he moved to Paris and, two years later, where he contributed as a caricaturist for two satirical magazines: ''Le Rire'' (The Laugh) and ''L'Assiette au Beurre'' (The Plate of Butter), while continuing to provide drawings for publications in Barcelona. He also contributed to the German Art Nouveau magazines '' Jugend'' and ''

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''. During these years, he also participated in several exhibitions throughout Spain and in Mexico, on the occasion of that country's

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. In 1912, he participated in a major exhibition devoted to artists from

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and, the following year, his works were shown in Buenos Aires.Mònica Maspoch, ''Galeria d'autors : ruta del modernisme, Barcelona'', Institut del Paisatge Urbà i la Qualitat de Vida 2008 When World War I began to have its effects in Paris, he returned to Catalonia and died of

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shortly thereafter. That same year, a retrospective of his work was organized at the "Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona" and his paintings became the first major acquisition for the

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, which has also held retrospectives; one as recently as 2009.

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Ciudad de la Pintura
A large selection of works by Gosé, with brief biography. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gose, Xavier 1876 births 1915 deaths People from Alcalá de Henares Spanish painters Spanish illustrators Art Nouveau painters 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Spain

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