Pablo Antonio de Bejar

PABLO ANTONIO DE BEJAR NOVELLA (Barcelona, 1869 - London, 1920)
"Female nude".
Oil on cardboard.
Presents marks on the pictorial surface.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 98 x 75 cm.
Spanish painter, illustrator and draftsman, specialized in the genre of the portrait to pastel, who also cultivated the decorative painting. He was formed in the School of Fine Arts of Barcelona and in that of San Fernando of Madrid, extending his formation in Rome, where he was a student of Luis de Madrazo and of José Gutiérrez de la Vega. As a decorative painter, the ornamentations he made in the palace of the Marquis of Marianao and in the residence of the Marquis of Alella, both in Barcelona, stand out. He participated in the Fine Arts Exhibition of Barcelona in 1895 and in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he obtained honorary mentions in 1895 and 1904, respectively. He participated as an illustrator in the Álbum Salón de la Editorial Seguí. In 1909 he traveled to America and later to London, where he lived until his death.