Josep Puigdengolas

JOSEP PUIGDENGOLES (Barcelona, 1906 - 1987)
"Landscape", 1932.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner.
With Sala Parés label on the back.
Measurements: 55 x 39 cm; 67 x 50 cm (frame).

This landscape belongs to the first stage of Josep Puigdengoles and reflects his early inclination for the direct representation of nature. The composition is organized in broad planes that lead the eye from the golden field to the succession of hills and mountains in the background, under a luminous sky dominated by large masses of clouds.

Puigdengoles developed an extensive production dedicated mainly to landscape, a genre in which he stood out for his ability to synthesize the structure of the territory with a sensitive interpretation of light and color.

Josep Puigdengolas was a disciple of Eliseo Meifrén and Joaquín Mir. In 1951 he was appointed professor of drawing at the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi.

Throughout his career he held individual exhibitions, such as the one organized at the Salón Cano in Madrid in 1962, and participated in group exhibitions and competitions such as the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. A few months before his death, in January 1987, he held his last exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. He is currently represented at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the MACBA in Barcelona, among others.