Francesc Torrescassana i Sallarés (1845, Barcelona - 1 March 1918, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter; primarily of landscapes.
Biography edit
From 1859 to 1865, he attended the Escola de la Llotja in Barcelona, where he studied with Ramón Martí Alsina, and had his first showing in 1864 at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. It is not known if he received a stipend to continue his studies in Rome, but he likely went to Paris, where two of his works were presented at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. Two years later, he travelled to the Suez Canal, to attend the opening ceremonies and paint the first Spanish ship to cross through.[1]
He was a regular exhibitor at the Sala Parés and, from 1891, the Exposición General de Bellas Artes en Barcelona.[2] Although his initial presentation was well-received, the large history painting he featured at the exposition of 1894 was criticized for being overambitious and unnatural.[3]
In 1910, he was elected Vice-President of the Board of Directors at the Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona, and placed in charge of organizing the Catalonian contribution to the Exposición Internacional del Centenario in Buenos Aires.[4]
His works may be seen at MNAC, the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, the Museu d'Art de Girona,[1] and the collection of the Banco Sabadell. However, the largest display of his canvases, thirty-four in total, is in the dining room of the Casa Vicens; from the personal collection of the stockbroker, Manel Vicens (1836-1895).[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Victoria Durà Ojea, "Francesc Torrescassana i Sellarés. Un carrer 1871", Museu d'Art de Girona, September 2017
- ^ "Exposición General de Bellas Artes en Barcelona XI", La Iberia, 4 de junio de 1891, p.1.
- ^ «Segunda Exposición General de Bellas Artes en Barcelona III», La Iberia, 11 de mayo de 1894, p.1.
- ^ Marín Silvestre, María Isabel, "La Exposición Internacional de Arte del centenario de Buenos Aires el año 1910. El Cercle Artístic de Barcelona como delegado de Catalunya", in: XV Congreso Nacional de Historia del Arte, Palma, 2004, v.2, ISBN 84-838-4062-6, p. 848.
- ^ "La restauración de las pinturas de Francesc Torrescassana de la Casa Vicens", Casa Vicens Gaudí, 7 de marzo de 2017.
Further reading edit
- Alcolea, Santiago, Pintures de la Universitat de Barcelona. Catàleg, Universitat de Barcelona, 1980, ISBN 84-852-5721-9
External links edit
Media related to Francesc Torrescassana at Wikimedia Commons