Joaquin Terruella

JOAQUIN TERRUELLA MATILLA (Barcelona, 1891 - 1957).
"At the Seville fair".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Provenance; Private collection
Measurements: 75 x 104 cm; 88 x 118 cm (frame).

Nephew and follower of Segundo Matilla, Joaquín Terruella was also a disciple of Santiago Rusiñol. With the latter he made a trip to Italy in 1923, in addition to spending a season working together in Aranjuez. He also painted in Paris and Palma de Mallorca. He exhibited individually for the first time in the disappeared Goya room in Barcelona, in 1916. From then on he exhibited in Barcelona, especially in the Sala Parés (from 1924), and also showed his impressionist landscapes in galleries in Paris (he exhibited there for the first time in 1922), Madrid, Palma, Saragossa, Bordeaux and Biarritz. From 1928 he will show his work in the Gaspar room in Barcelona, where he will repeat his presence until 1952. In 1956 he held his last exhibition at the Sala Busquets, also in his native city. Since then his work has been present in different collective and anthological exhibitions such as the one held in the Gothsland room in Barcelona in 1985. In 1993, Ángeles Cortina brought together a series of his oil paintings and drawings in her Barcelona gallery. Joaquín Terruella was a fundamentally landscape painter, situated in the wake of impressionism, who reflected the Catalan landscape with delicacy and subtle transparency. Another of his favorite subjects was the world of bullfighting, and in fact he worked as a bullfighting illustrator for the publications "El Día Gráfico" and "La Noche". He also worked on scenes of gypsies and concert cafés. His work is preserved in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid and the Provincial Museum of Lugo.