JOAN CARDONA I LLADÓS (Barcelona, 1877-1957). "Study", ca. 1900. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Artur Ramon Art. Wit

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  JOAN CARDONA I LLADÓS (Barcelona, 1877-1957). "Study", ca. 1900. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: Artur Ramon Art. With label on the back. Work published in “Forma. Illustrated publication of Spanish art antic and modern and of existing foreign works in Spain ”, Volum I, Barcelona, p. 67. Measurements: 64 x 51 cm; 75 x 61 cm (frame). Joan Cardona offers us a splendid oil painting of almost draftsmanship. The protagonist, a young manola dressed according to the popular pattern (with mantilla, ruffled skirt and hairstyle gathered with large carnations), puts on one of her fine shoes in an elegant and naturalistic posture. Cardona thus offers us an image totally representative of his style, determined by the beauty and lyricism of the everyday, which immortalizes a fleeting and spontaneous moment full of beauty and sophistication. Trained at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Lonja and at the Academia Baixeras in Barcelona, he furthered his studies in Paris, where he settled for several years. In the French capital he formed a group with the best illustrators of the time, such as Cappiello, Sem, Steinlen and Roubille. Painter and draftsman, he developed an important activity in the field of illustration, collaborating with Spanish magazines such as "El Gato Negro" and "Hispania", and in the French magazines "Le Rire" and "Simplicissimus". His collaboration with "Jugend", the flagship magazine of Viennese modernism, the Jugendstil, stands out. In his Parisian period Cardona achieved international fame thanks to his pen drawings, characterized by the sharpness of the stroke and strong expressive values. On the contrary, in his painting he subordinates line to color, with warm tones in his early years and cold ranges in his maturity. His paintings, of great expressive force and dense impasto, define the protagonism of the woman, who is outlined on vibrant, almost abstract backgrounds, in a style that brings him close to Anglada Camarasa. In 1897 he was awarded a prize in the competition organized by the Mariana Academy of Lleida. He exhibited in Paris in the Salons d'Automne and of the Societé Nationale, obtaining in both the title of "societaire". He participated in the International Exhibitions of Fine Arts of Barcelona in 1907 and 1929. He is represented in the Museum of Luxembourg, in Paris.
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