Joaquin Terruella

JOAQUÍM TERRUELLA MATILLA (Barcelona, 1891 - 1957).
"Snowy landscape".1946.
Oil on board.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 36 x 45 cm; 47 x 57 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, and since then he showed his work in other rooms in Barcelona, such as the Parés and Gaspar, and also in Paris, Madrid, Palma, Zaragoza, Bordeaux and Biarritz. In 1956 he held his last exhibition at the Busquets Gallery in Barcelona. 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 painted 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.