CLEMENTE PUJOL DE GUASTAVINO (Olesa de Montserrat, c. 1850-c- 1905) "The conjuror". Oil on canvas.

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  CLEMENTE PUJOL DE GUASTAVINO (Olesa de Montserrat, c. 1850-c- 1905) "The conjuror". Oil on canvas. Preserves frame of 1900. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 46 x 72.5 cm; 60 x 87 cm (frame). The author of this work presents a hedonistic and idealized image to the spectator. A group of elegantly dressed characters gathers to watch the performance of a conjuror. Despite the performance of the young woman, who is on a small stage, the characters that make up the rest of the scene do not seem to pay attention. The scene is set in the eighteenth century, worked with great attention to detail, a strong descriptive mood and a special care of the play of light and the qualities of the fabrics, following the masters of that century. This type of scenes, with a gallant and hedonistic theme, cheerful and colorful, worked with a precious and descriptive workmanship, were frequent during the second half of the 19th century, within the context of historicism. They belong to the genre called "de casacones" in Spain, and "tableautin" in France, characterized by works inspired by an idealized past, frequently from the 17th and 18th centuries, normally of small or medium format and destined to an eminently bourgeois clientele. One of the first examples of this genre was "Il Contino", by Mariano Fortuny, dated 1861 and kept in the National Art Museum of Catalonia. It is worth mentioning that Clemente Pujol achieved recognition through his orientalist paintings, however, during the first stage of his training he worked delicately in the tableutin genre. Clemente Pujol began his artistic training studying at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1971 he participated for the first time in the Fine Arts exhibitions organized in Barcelona, which he attended every year until 1876. At that time he decided to move to Paris to continue his artistic training under the guidance of Louis Nicolas Cabat, although he later trained under the guidance of the artist Leon Gérome, with whom he was introduced to the orientalist trend. That same year, 1876, he participated in the Paris Salon, although he continued to send many works to the exhibitions in Barcelona.
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