Josep Puigdengolas

JOSEP PUIGDENGOLAS BARELLA (Barcelona, 1906 - 1987).
"Landscape in grey". Mallorca, 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner, titled and signed on the back.
Measurements: 88 x 115 cm; 105 x 133 cm (frame).
Josep Puigdengolas trained in the schools of Arts and Crafts and La Lonja, in Barcelona, to later complete his studies in El Paular and in the Royal Academy of Florence. He was a disciple of Eliseo Meifrén and Joaquín Mir. In 1951 he was appointed professor of drawing at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts. Although he had his studio in Barcelona, he frequently painted in La Cerdanya and Mallorca, specifically in the town of Deià. His work, of a luminous naturalism, derives from the style of Mir, and earned him great public acclaim. He focused his work on landscape, but he also worked on portraits. Throughout his career he held several solo exhibitions, such as the one organised at the Salón Cano in Madrid in 1962, and took part in group exhibitions and competitions such as the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. A few months before his death, in January 1987, he held his last exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. He is currently represented at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, among others.