Celso Lagar

CELSO LAGAR ARROYO (Ciudad Rodrigo, León, 1891 - Seville, 1966).
"Landscape".
Pen on paper.
Signed with testamentary seal.
Measurements: 33 x 47 cm; 63 x 77 cm (frame).

Celso Lagar was formed with Miguel Blay in Madrid, and after a passage by Barcelona he travels to Paris to extend his studies, in 1911. With the outbreak of the Great War he returned to Barcelona, but continued to exhibit his works in the Gallic capital, which served as a letter of introduction on his return to the city after the war, in 1919. However, the outbreak of World War II marked the end of Lagar's golden age. He emigrated to the French Pyrenees, and his return to the recently liberated city of Paris did not have the repercussion he expected, since the collecting public demanded new contents and modes. He is represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Deco Casa Lis, the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Petit Palais in Geneva, the Fine Arts Museums of La Rochelle, Castres and Honfleur (France) and in prestigious collections such as Crane Kallman (London), Zborowski (Paris) or Mapfre (Madrid).