Apeles Mestres

APELES MESTRES OÑÓS (Barcelona, 1854 - 1936).
Photograph signed and dedicated by Apel-les Mestres to Alexandre de Riquer, 1883.
Albumen photograph.
Signed and dedicated to Alexandre de Riquer in Barcelona on May 21, 1883. Dedicated: A món amich Alejandro Riquer.
It presents two holes of thumbtacks in the ends with which it is easy to think that Alexandre de Riquer would hang that dedicated photo of his friend in the walls of his workshop.
Measurements: 24,5 x 18,5 cm.

Alexandre de Riquer was a classmate and friend of Apeles Mestres at the Escuela de la Lonja. From that moment on, a relationship of friendship and cooperation began between the two artists, probably one of the most singular of the modernist period.

Writer, cartoonist, cartoonist and musician, Apeles Mestres was invested in 1908 with the title of Mestre en Gai Saber. He was also decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor of the French government (1920) and the Gold Medal of the city of Barcelona.