CASIMIRO MARTINEZ TARRASSÓ Barcelona 1910-1979 Aran Valley. Montgarri Sanctuary Oil on tablex Signed Measurements 19 x 21 cm

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Luis MARTINEZ PEDRO (1910-1990) Cuban - American

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CASIMIRO MARTINEZ TARRASSÓ Barcelona 1910-1979 Landscape Oil on canvas Signed Measurements 55 x 47 cm

Lot 61

Estim. 1 800 - 2 200 EUR

CASIMIRO MARTÍNEZ TARRASSÓ (Sarrià, Barcelona, 1898 - Barcelona, 1980). "Gypsy family". Oil on táblex. Signed in the upper left corner. Measurements: 22 x 26,5 cm; 41,5 x 46,5 cm (frame). Known simply as Tarrassó, he was formed in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona. He completed his studies in Paris, where he had first-hand knowledge of the Fauvist works that were shaking the Parisian art scene at the time. This Fauve influence will continue to be palpable in his work throughout his life in features such as the strong chromatic contrast, the high and somewhat exaggerated perspective, the absolute disinterest in the human figure, which appears only sketched as a complement to the landscape, and the representation of trees as electrified, subjected to tortuous inclinations. It is these formal features that give his works a vitality of their own and reduce his connection with the referential to a mere pretext. Tarrassó followed in the wake of the great Catalan landscape painters, focusing especially on Joaquín Mir, although with a clearly differentiated personality due in part to the impact that Fauvism had on his artistic thinking. He cultivated the still life and the Catalan and Majorcan landscapes. He held his first exhibition in 1928, at the Layetanas Galleries in Barcelona. Since then his exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Bilbao followed one after the other. In 1935 he visited Mallorca for the first time, and from 1940 he had a studio there, specifically in Palma, where he lived for long periods and developed most of his artistic production. After the Civil War, during the forties, Tarrassó took part in several National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, in their editions of 1942, 1943 and 1950, and held many personal exhibitions in Barcelona, in galleries such as Augusta, Layetanas, Ars, etc., among them the one he held of Pyrenean landscapes in 1948, and the one of large canvases of Mallorcan landscapes that he presented in 1949. Although the landscape was always the center of his production, Tarrassó also made works such as the mural decoration of the church of Santa Maria de Badalona. In Mallorca he also carried out a singular undertaking, planting his easel in the Caves of Campanet to capture the stalactites and stalagmites of its stony cavities, developing a series of works that he presented at the Galerías Costa de Palma in October 1948. Throughout his career Tarrassó was awarded the Pollença Prize at the 1st International Painting Competition in 1962; the Santiago Rusiñol Prize in 1972; and the medals obtained in various editions of the Autumn Salons of Palma de Mallorca: first prize in 1967 and 1973, and honorary prize in 1970. Tarrassó's work is characterized by the great personality of his coloring. His obsession for chromatism determines a deeply sensorial, vitalist and intuitive painting. In many of his works, the painter focuses above all on capturing an image that stages the fullness of life recreated and without solution of continuity, worrying more about it than about the demands of the composition. Thus, in his landscapes the architectures appear fully integrated in a harmonious nature, as simple spots of color with undefined limits, or with defined but deformed limits. In this way Tarrassó suggests the human presence and, at the same time, prevents the viewer from perceiving it as an intervention or a rupture of the natural whole. On the other hand, the perspectives, very high or very low, combined with a combination of contracted colors, without mixing mountain and sky, sky and sea, provide a sense of depth, and sometimes even oppression, which leads the viewer to conceive the scene as an autonomous whole, regardless of details. On the other hand, it is also worth mentioning at a formal level his vigorous workmanship, combined with thick spatula, which refers to another Catalan master landscape painter to whom Tarrassó is indebted, Nicolás Raurich. His work is currently preserved in various national and international private collections, as well as in the Museum and Artistic Fund of Porreras (Mallorca) and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Palma.

Lot 74

Estim. 550 - 600 EUR

CASIMIRO MARTÍNEZ TARRASSÓ (Barcelona, 1898 - 1980). "Mountain landscape". Oil on tablex. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 16 x 20 cm; 43 x 48 cm (frame). In this tablex Tarrassó captures a landscape built in depth with his personal language based on color spots of Fauvist heritage. The vivid chromatism responds to a careful and thoughtful study, based on the juxtaposition of mainly cold tones, some brighter and others darker to reinforce the three-dimensional construction of space. Known simply as Tarrassó, he trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona. He completed his studies in Paris, where he had first-hand knowledge of the Fauvist works that were shaking the Parisian artistic scene at the time. He was above all a brilliant landscape painter, with a style characterized by its violent and vivid colors, very luminous. He followed in the footsteps of the great Catalan landscape painters, especially Joaquín Mir, although with a clearly differentiated personality due in part to the impact that Fauvism had on his artistic thinking. He cultivated the still life and the Catalan and Majorcan landscapes. He held his first exhibition in 1928, in the Layetanas Galleries in Barcelona. Since then his exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Bilbao followed one after the other. In 1935 he visited Mallorca for the first time, and from 1940 he had a studio there, specifically in Palma, where he lived for long periods and developed most of his artistic production. After the Civil War, during the forties, Tarrassó took part in several National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, in their editions of 1942, 1943 and 1950, and held many personal exhibitions in Barcelona, in galleries such as Augusta, Layetanas, Ars, etc., among them the one he held of Pyrenean landscapes in 1948, and the one of large canvases of Mallorcan landscapes that he presented in 1949. Although the landscape was always the center of his production, Tarrassó also made works such as the mural decoration of the church of Santa Maria de Badalona. In Mallorca he also carried out a singular undertaking, planting his easel in the Caves of Campanet to capture the stalactites and stalagmites of its stony cavities, developing a series of works that he presented at the Galerías Costa de Palma in October 1948. Throughout his career Tarrassó was awarded the Pollença Prize at the 1st International Painting Competition in 1962; the Santiago Rusiñol Prize in 1972; and the medals obtained in various editions of the Autumn Salons of Palma de Mallorca: first prize in 1967 and 1973, and honorary prize in 1970. Tarrassó's work is characterized by the great personality of his coloring. His obsession for chromatism determines a deeply sensorial, vitalist and intuitive painting. He is represented in various national and international private collections, as well as in the Museum and Artistic Fund of Porreras (Mallorca) and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Palma.

CASIMIRO MARTINEZ TARRASSÓ Barcelona 1910-1979 Aran Valley. Montgarri Sanctuary Oil on tablex Signed Measurements 19 x 21 cm

CASIMIRO MARTINEZ TARRASSÓ Barcelona 1910-1979 Aran Valley. Montgarri Sanctuary Oil on tablex Signed Measurements 19 x 21 cm

Luis MARTINEZ PEDRO (1910-1990) Cuban - American

CASIMIRO MARTINEZ TARRASSÓ Barcelona 1910-1979 Landscape Oil on canvas Signed Measurements 55 x 47 cm

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