Apel Les Mestres - Artist Info

About Apel Les Mestres

  • Biography from Setdart

    Apelles Mestres, born in 1854 in Barcelona, Spain, was a versatile artist known for his work in illustration and cartooning. He was a prominent figure in Catalan literature and a precursor of the comic strip. Mestres was invested with the title of Mestre en Gai Saber in 1908 and received honors such as the Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government in 1920 and the Gold Medal of the city of Barcelona. He was progressive and associated with republicanism, often opposing conservative literary circles in Catalonia.

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