Martí Llauradó

MARTI LLAURADÓ MARISCOT (Barcelona, 1903 - 1957).
"Girl", c.1935.
Marble.
Signed.
Measurements: 66 x 17 x 18 cm.
Exhibitions: MEAM "A century of Catalan sculpture", 2013. Reproduced in the catalog, p. 265.

Martí Llauradó is a leading figure in Catalan sculpture of the first half of the twentieth century, heir to the modernist tradition but oriented towards a sensitive, intimate and elegant realism. His interest in the representation of the human figure responds to a desire to capture states of innocence, recollection and emotional purity. "Niña" is fully inscribed in this line, constituting a paradigmatic example of his mature language: formal purification, expressive serenity and a delicate poetics of silence. The work reveals the artist's concern for contained humanization, avoiding dramatization and opting for a sober and timeless beauty.

The sculptor Martí Llauradó worked during his youth with Joan Borrell and Joan Rebull, from whom he received important influences. In 1929 he made his debut with his first individual exhibition in Barcelona, together with Joan Commeleran. From then on he continued exhibiting his work and taking part in contests, and in 1933 he was awarded in the Exhibition of the Nude of the Artistic Circle of Barcelona. The following year he obtained the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. In the post-war period he obtained other important awards in cities such as Seville (for religious art), Madrid and Barcelona, and was invited to participate in two editions of the Venice Biennale. Llauradó was a leading figure of the young generation of postnoucentisme, and tempered the stylized idealism of the noucentistes with an accentuation of realism. He is currently represented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.