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Joan Serra Melgosa

Joan Serra Melgosa (1899 - 1970) was active/lived in Spain.  Joan Serra Melgosa is known for Intense self-portraits, still lifes, and landscapes in earthy tones with a constructive rigour influenced by Cézanne and El Greco..

Joan Serra Melgosa trained at the Escuela de la Lonja in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Francesc Labarta. A member of the group Los Evolucionistas, he exhibited for the first time in 1918. He painted mainly intense self-portraits, still lifes and landscapes, in earthy tones and a nervous style dominated, however, by a constructive rigour with Cézannian roots. In 1925 he travelled to Madrid, where he became particularly interested in El Greco, and two years later he spent a few months in Paris. He was closely associated with the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he exhibited regularly from 1927. Sick with tuberculosis, in 1930 he retired to several mountain sanatoriums, where he moved even closer to landscape painting. He exhibited at the Sala Parés and in Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and San Sebastián, as well as taking part in exhibitions in Paris, London, Pittsburgh, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Caracas. His awards include the Barcelona City Council prize in 1931 and the Jaume Morera   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1124 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Joan Serra Melgosa

   Joan Serra Melgosa  Born:  1899 - Lleida
Died:   1970 - Barcelona
Known for:  Intense self-portraits, still lifes, and landscapes in earthy tones with a constructive rigour influenced by Cézanne and El Greco.
Name variants:  Joan Serra

Joan Serra Melgosa trained at the Escuela de la Lonja in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Francesc Labarta. A member of the group Los Evolucionistas, he exhibited for the first time in 1918. He painted mainly intense self-portraits, still lifes and landscapes, in earthy tones and a nervous style dominated, however, by a constructive rigour with Cézannian roots. In 1925 he travelled to Madrid, where he became particularly interested in El Greco, and two years later he spent a few months in Paris. He was closely associated with the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he exhibited regularly from 1927. Sick with tuberculosis, in 1930 he retired to several mountain sanatoriums, where he moved even closer to landscape painting. He exhibited at th  ...  Displaying 750 of 1124 characters.

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