Miguel Massot

MIGUEL MASSOT I TETAS (Barcelona, 1883 – Paris, 1968).
“Rural Landscape.”
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 50 x 73 cm; 65.5 x 89 cm (frame).

Throughout his career, Miguel Massot worked as a painter and decorator. He initially trained in his hometown of Barcelona at the Llotja School, later completing his studies in Paris, where he came into contact with the avant-garde art movement of the early 20th century. Back in Barcelona, he joined the Sant Lluc Artistic Circle and worked on major artistic projects such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, a landmark of Modernist architecture that is also a compendium of the arts and crafts of that period. Miguel Massot painted the mural “Musical Science versus Inspiration” for the Palace in 1910, and this is the only painting that adorns the building. In addition to mural painting, Massot devoted himself throughout his career to easel painting and frequently participated in the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions, presenting still lifes, figures, flowers, landscapes, and other subjects.