Joan Sandalinas

JOAN SANDALINAS FORNAS (Barcelona, 1903 - 1991).
"Violinist", 1948.
Pencil on paper.
Signed and dated on the right side.
Measurements: 25,5 x 19,5 cm; 49 x 43,5 cm (frame).
Although Sandalinas did not hold his first individual exhibition until 1986, his work became known from his youth within the artistic circles through the magazine "L'Amic de les Arts" and his participation in some of the most important group exhibitions held in Barcelona in the twenties and early thirties: the Exposició d'Art of 1928, the III Salón de otoño de la Sala Parés, the exhibitions "Arte Abstracto" and "Arte moderno nacional y extranjero" of the Dalmau gallery in 1929 and the Salón de Montjuiic of 1932, among other examples. Sandalinas was an atypical artist, who combined his work as a civil servant with painting and drawing, but this did not prevent him from being one of the main promoters of avant-garde art in our country. He is currently represented in the Mapfre Foundation and the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid, as well as in other public centers and private collections.