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Josep Maria Mallol Suazo BIOGRAPHY
1910 Barcelona, Spain - 1986. Known for: Painting.
Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a... Read full biography
Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a draughtsman as well as a painter, and published humorous illustrations in En Patufet, Virolet and L'Esquitx,... Read full biography
Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a draughtsman as well as a painter, and published humorous illustrations in En Patufet, Virolet and L'Esquitx, magazines with which he had been collaborating since his student years. A congenital deformity in his feet, which made it difficult for him to walk, prevented him from developing his landscape themes,... Read full biography
Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a draughtsman as well as a painter, and published humorous illustrations in En Patufet, Virolet and L'Esquitx, magazines with which he had been collaborating since his student years. A congenital deformity in his feet, which made it difficult for him to walk, prevented him from developing his landscape themes, as he was unable to move around to copy from life. He therefore turned to other themes, such as still life and portraiture. The first exhibition of his work was held at the Barcelona Contemporary Art Salon in 1936, months before the outbreak of the... Read full biography
Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a draughtsman as well as a painter, and published humorous illustrations in En Patufet, Virolet and L'Esquitx, magazines with which he had been collaborating since his student years. A congenital deformity in his feet, which made it difficult for him to walk, prevented him from developing his landscape themes, as he was unable to move around to copy from life. He therefore turned to other themes, such as still life and portraiture. The first exhibition of his work was held at the Barcelona Contemporary Art Salon in 1936, months before the outbreak of the Civil War. That same year he was awarded a prize at the Barcelona Spring Exhibition. The war forced his family to... Read full biography
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Jose Maria Mallol Suazo
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Born into a very religious family, Mallol Suazo trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Spain where he was a disciple of Félix Mestres and Ramón Calsina between 1929 and 1935. He was a draughtsman as well as a painter, and published humorous illustrations in En Patufet, Virolet and L'Esquitx, magazines with which he had been collaborating since his student years.
A congenital deformity in his feet, which made it difficult for him to walk, prevented him from developing his landscape themes, as he was unable to move around to copy from life. He therefore turned to other themes, such as still life and portraiture. The first exhibition of his work was held at the Barcelona Contemporary Art Salon in 1936, months...But wait, there's more...
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