Joaquín Terruella

JOAQUÍN TERRUELLA MATILLA (Barcelona, 1891–1957).
“Garden.”
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower left corner.
With a label from the Gothsland Gallery on the back.
Measurements: 17.5 x 20 cm; 33 x 36 cm (frame).

A nephew and follower of Segundo Matilla, Joaquín Terruella was also a disciple of Santiago Rusiñol. He traveled to Italy with Rusiñol and spent some time working with him in Aranjuez. He held his first solo exhibition at the Sala Goya in Barcelona in 1916. From then on, he held a series of exhibitions in Barcelona, primarily at the Parés Gallery, as well as in Paris (where he exhibited for the first time in 1922), Zaragoza, Bordeaux, and Biarritz. He was particularly noted for his bullfighting-themed works, and in fact worked as a bullfighting illustrator for the publications *El Día Gráfico* and *La Noche*, although he also explored other subjects, such as landscapes. Works by Terruella are held in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, and the Provincial Museum of Lugo.