Eulalia Fábregas

EULALIA FÁBREGAS DE SENTMENAT (Barcelona, 1900 - 1992).
"Female nude with dog".
Marble.
Signed.
Measurements: 123 x 42,5 x 43 cm.

Eulalia Fábregas de Sentmenat developed a genuinely Mediterranean sculpture, and this is notably expressed in this full body figure: a female nude of essential lines, almost apollonian and idealized, but that at the same time transmits a naturalistic character, without any pomposity, thanks to the natural gesture that the young woman adopts when caressing with her right hand a dog, symbol of fidelity. The young woman assumes the aura of a Greek goddess, but also of a carnal woman. She exudes both dignity and grace. The modeling is perfect and gives the anatomy a warm carnality.

Eulàlia Fàbregas Jacas, better known by her married name as Eulàlia Fàbregas de Sentmenat was a Catalan sculptor. She started sculpting at the age of 50, following the death of her son in a car accident. She trained then with the sculptor Rosa Martínez Brau, and in 1964 she exhibited for the first time in the Sala Parés in Barcelona. With a figurative tendency, she devoted herself especially to the female nude, generally in large format pieces - massive but elegant, harmonious and serene figures - and also made religious images. Most of his works are in Barcelona, among them: "Mediterrània", in the Royal Palace of Pedralbes (1962); Serenity, in Cervantes Park (1964); Female Nude, in the Gardens of Joan Maragall (1965); To Francesc Matheu, in Avenida Diagonal 696, in front of the University School of Business Studies (1968); and Women in the Cascade, in the Gardens of Joan Maragall (1970). He also has several works in Esplugues de Llobregat, especially in Can Sentmenat: Despertar, Eva, Juventud, Diana, Maternidad -in Can Vidalet Park-, Alba -in Carretera de Cornellà-, Bailarinas, Sin nombre I y II and Diosa mediterránea; as well as La Mujer del Parque -in Pou d'en Fèlix Park- or Alegoría a las víctimas de las guerras -in Ca n'Hospital Park.