Ramon Borrell

RAMÓN BORRELL PLA (Barcelona, 1876 - 1963).
"Portrait.
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 23 x 15 cm; 29 x 21 cm (frame).
Painter, draftsman, watercolorist and engraver, Ramón Borrell was the son of the painter Pere Borrell del Caso, and brother of the also painter Julio. With his father he learned the first rudiments of the trade, which he later perfected at the School of La Llotja in Barcelona. Habitual of the official Exhibitions of Barcelona, he took part in those of 1894, 1896 and 1902. During these years he held several individual exhibitions in Barcelona and other cities, while directing the academy founded by his father. As an engraver he participated in the Drawing and Engraving Exhibition held in Barcelona in 1938, where he was awarded a prize. In all his etching works it is evident that Borrell mastered both the art of engraving and his technique. Currently, his works are highly appreciated all over the world, and he is represented in museums such as the Museum of Catalan Modernism, among many others.