Manuel Sagnier

MANUEL SAGNIER VIDAL (Barcelona, 1891 - 1976).
"Landscape.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 65 x 80 cm; 88 x 100 (frame).
Trained at the Baixas Academy in Barcelona, in 1931 he made his individual debut at the Layetanas Galleries in Barcelona. Later he traveled to extend his studies in several cities of Europe and the United States. After his return he held frequent exhibitions of his works, especially in the Barcelona gallery La Pinacoteca, where he held successive exhibitions between 1955 and 1969, the 1969 exhibition being his last exhibition during his lifetime. He also exhibited at the Rovira Gallery (Barcelona, 1954), the Salón Cano (Madrid, 1956) and the Busquets Gallery (Barcelona, 1961). He participated in the National Exhibitions of 1942, 1944 and 1950, and in 1953 he held an anthological exhibition of his painting. Most of his work is distributed in private collections in Barcelona, Sabadell, Tarragona, Madrid and San Sebastian.