Joan Brull

Self-portrait
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Joan Brull i Vinyoles(25 January 1863,Barcelona- 3 February 1912, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter active in the late 19th century. He was a Catalan symbolist painter, along with other artists includingAdrià Gual,Josep Maria Tamburini,andAlexandre de Riquer.

Biography

Brull was born inBarcelona,Spain.He studied at theEscola de la Llotjaand inParis.He later worked as an art critic for the magazineJoventut.He participated in a variety of intellectual groups of the era, including theEls Quatre Gatsand theReal Círculo Artístico de Barcelona.He was also friends withRamon CasasandSantiago Rusiñol.In 1896, he won first place in the International Exposition of Barcelona with his workEnsomni.

In 2009, theCaixa FoundationGirona put on a retrospective exhibition in its Fontana d'Or Center, which featured over 40 works by Brull. Two other solo exhibitions were dedicated to him: in 1924 and in 1959.

Retrato de Niña,1912.

Brull's early work is realistic, but later in his career he focused on symbolism, including representations of (typically female) mythological characters. He is also known for his many portraits, the majority of which were of children and beggars in Barcelona in the later 19th century.

Representative works

• La tonsura del rei Wamba
• Ensomni
• Sueño,currently in theMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya(MNAC)
• Retrato de Niña,currently in theBiblioteca Museo Víctor Balaguer

Gallery

• 
  Month ofMary
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  TheNativity
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  Month of Mary

Other sources

• Guia del Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Editat pel MNAC, 2004.ISBN84-8043-136-9
• Socías, Jaume (1982).Modernisme a Catalunya(in Catalan). Barcelona, Ed. Nou Art Tgor.ISBN84-7327-052-5.

External links

• Media related toJoan Brullat Wikimedia Commons