Feliu Elias Bracons - Artist Info

About Feliu Elias Bracons

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Feliu Elias, Joan Sacs
  • Biography

    Feliú Elías Bracons (1878-1948) was a Catalan artist, critic, and art historian. Born in Barcelona, he first trained at the Hoyos Academy and took classes at the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc. A talented caricaturist, he published political cartoons in various newspapers and magazines, including Papitu, a magazine he founded and directed.

    A prolific writer, he wrote art criticism under the pen name Joan Sacs, becoming one of the most influential art critics. Escaping legal action for some of the controversial cartoons in Papitu, he lived in Paris from 1911 until 1913. He studied art criticism part-time at the Sorbonne and worked as a draftsman.

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