Faust Morell i Bellet

FAUST MORELL I BELLET (Palma de Mallorca, 1851-1928).
"Sacred Heart", 1923.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
It presents faults in the polychrome, holes and generalized wear.
Measurements: 62 x 49 cm.

Formed in painting next to his father, the also painter Faust Morell Orlandis, and in the workshops of Joan Mestre Bosque, Joan O'Neille and Joan Bauzà, Faust Morell participated in different exhibitions for the society of the Promotion of the Painting and the Sculpture in Palma de Mallorca and also for other institutions. He was a full member of the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts of Palma and a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. His works are kept in the City Hall of Palma, the Consell Insular de Mallorca, the Episcopal Palace of Mallorca, the Modernist Museum Can Prunera, the Hotel Son Vida of Palma and the Royal Palace of Madrid and some paintings in private collections.