Francesc Torrescassana i Sallarés (1845,
Barcelona - 1 March 1918, Barcelona) was a
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painter; primarily of landscapes.
Biography
From 1859 to 1865, he attended the
Escola de la Llotja
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in Barcelona, where he studied with
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, and had his first showing in 1864 at the
National Exhibition of Fine Arts. It is not known if he received a stipend to continue his studies in Rome, but he likely went to Paris, where two of his works were presented at the
Exposition Universelle in 1867. Two years later, he travelled to the
Suez Canal
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, to attend the opening ceremonies and paint the first Spanish ship to cross through.
[Victoria Durà Ojea]
"Francesc Torrescassana i Sellarés. Un carrer 1871"
Museu d'Art de Girona, September 2017
He was a regular exhibitor at the
Sala Parés and, from 1891, the Exposición General de Bellas Artes en Barcelona. Although his initial presentation was well-received, the large history painting he featured at the exposition of 1894 was criticized for being overambitious and unnatural.
In 1910, he was elected Vice-President of the Board of Directors at the , and placed in charge of organizing the Catalonian contribution to the
Exposición Internacional del Centenario in
Buenos Aires.
His works may be seen at
MNAC, the
Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer
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, the ,
and the collection of the
Banco Sabadell
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. However, the largest display of his canvases, thirty-four in total, is in the dining room of the
Casa Vicens
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; from the personal collection of the stockbroker, Manel Vicens (1836-1895).
"La restauración de las pinturas de Francesc Torrescassana de la Casa Vicens"
Casa Vicens Gaudí, 7 de marzo de 2017.
References
Further reading
* Alcolea, Santiago, ''Pintures de la Universitat de Barcelona. Catàleg'', Universitat de Barcelona, 1980,
External links
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Spanish painters
Painters from Catalonia
Spanish landscape painters
Painters from Barcelona
1845 births
1918 deaths