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Arcadio Mas Y Fondevila BIOGRAPHY
1852 Barcelona - 1934 Sitges. Known for: Luminist school of Sitges, pastel painting, naturalist style.
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny... Read full biography
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to travel to Italy between 1876 and... Read full biography
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to travel to Italy between 1876 and 1886. He visited Venice, Rome, Naples, and Capri and was ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli. In 1887, he won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges" at the... Read full biography
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to travel to Italy between 1876 and 1886. He visited Venice, Rome, Naples, and Capri and was ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli. In 1887, he won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges" at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. He collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana" and painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. He combined Catalan localism... Read full biography
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to travel to Italy between 1876 and 1886. He visited Venice, Rome, Naples, and Capri and was ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli. In 1887, he won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges" at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. He collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana" and painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. He combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories in his painting and also painted portraits. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Cat... Read full biography
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Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was a Spanish painter and draughtsman from Catalonia who founded the Luminist school of Sitges. He trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona and won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to travel to Italy between 1876 and 1886.
He visited Venice, Rome, Naples, and Capri and was ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli. In 1887, he won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges" at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. He collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana" and painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges.
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