Pablo de Bejar

PABLO ANTONIO DE BEJAR NOVELLA (Barcelona, 1869 - London, 1920)
"Figure in interior".
Gouache on paper.
Signed.
Measurements: 23 x 23 cm; 36 x 36 cm (frame).
The paper is damaged
Pablo de Bejar was a Spanish painter, illustrator and draftsman, specialized in the genre of the portrait in pastel, who also cultivated the decorative painting. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and at the San Fernando School in Madrid, and furthered his training in Rome, where he was a student of Luis de Madrazo and José Gutiérrez de la Vega. As a decorative painter, the ornamentations he made in the palace of the Marquis of Marianao and in the residence of the Marquis of Alella, both in Barcelona, stand out. He participated in the Fine Arts Exhibition of Barcelona in 1895 and in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he obtained honorary mentions in 1895 and 1904, respectively. He participated as an illustrator in the Álbum Salón de la Editorial Seguí. In 1909 he traveled to America and later to London, where he lived until his death.