Frederic Marès

FREDERIC MARÈS DEULOVOL (Portbou, Girona, 1893 – Barcelona, 1991).
“Female Figure.”
Bronze relief.
Signed.
Measurements: 34 x 64 cm.
Frederic Marès trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, later completing his studies abroad. Shortly after finishing his training, he joined the faculty of that school, a position he held until his retirement in 1964. Marès’s two main activities—sculpting and collecting—often overshadowed his significant teaching career, during which he served as co-director of the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and the Barcelona School of Applied Arts and Crafts, and even held both positions for a brief period, with the presidency of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Marès began working in the studio of the Modernist sculptor Eusebi Arnau, later establishing his own practice. His work is currently on display at the museum that bears his name in Barcelona.