JUAN MARTINEZ ABADES (Gijón, 1862 - Madrid, 1920). "Sitges", 1906. Oil on board.

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  JUAN MARTINEZ ABADES (Gijón, 1862 - Madrid, 1920). "Sitges", 1906. Oil on board. Dedicated "To Rusiñol in testimony of admiration". Presents modernist frame. Signed, dated and dedicated in the lower left corner. Measures: 20 x 29,5 cm; 44 x 53,5 cm (frame). View of the coast of Sitges, which ends in the imposing architecture of the Palau de Miracel. The work reflects an iconic point of the city, which was an object of artistic interest for Martínez Abades, as well as for Casas and Rusiñol. They often met due to their friendship and their interest in painting. A relevant fact of this work is the frame, which was commissioned by Mrs. Rusiñol, as is indicated on the back of the frame. A painter and illustrator, Martínez Abades began his artistic studies at the Jovellanos Institute in Gijón, where he began to develop his extraordinary talent for drawing by copying works from the school's collection. In 1880 he moved to Madrid and entered the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he alternated his studies with private classes with José Gragera and Ignacio Suárez-Llanos. In 1884, under the influence of Rosales, he sent his painting "La muerte de Mesalina" (Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo) to the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. During the summers he painted in Gijón, specializing in marine themes. In 1888 he was granted a merit pension from the Diputación de Oviedo to further his studies in Rome, where he remained until 1890. On his return he settled again in Madrid, although he continued to travel to the coast during the summers to make sketches from life. The same year of his return from Italy he presented to the National Exhibition the painting "El Viático a bordo", with which he obtained a second class medal, launching him to fame in the Hispanic pictorial world. He also participated in the Exhibitions of the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and collaborated as an illustrator with the magazine "Blanco y Negro". He continued to participate assiduously in both national and regional exhibitions and specialized thematic exhibitions, being again decorated with a second medal in the National Exhibition of 1892 and, finally, with a first medal and the Encomienda de Isabel la Católica in the 1901 edition. He also participated in foreign exhibitions, such as the one organized in Berlin in 1891 or the one in Chicago in 1893. Undoubtedly, what Martínez Abades was recognized for at the time was for his seascapes, and he came to be considered the sailor par excellence of the Cantabrian Sea. In the whole of his work the marine paintings, both in oil and illustrations, are very abundant and of irreproachable technique. Undoubtedly, it was the genre in which he was best developed, having, in addition, a consolidated market in which he dominated without any possible discussion. In his last years he focused his production on illustration, leaving painting in the background. However, his art would be recognized by the critics and the public in a great anthological exhibition dedicated to his work in the Salón Iturrioz in Madrid in 1913. Juan Martínez Abades is represented in the Prado Museum, the Provincial Museum of Lugo, the Jovellanos Museum of Gijón, the Jaume Morera Museum of Lérida and the Municipal Museum of San Telmo in San Sebastián, as well as in the MAXAM collection and other Spanish and foreign collections.
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