RAMÓN CAPMANY MONTANER (Canet de Mar, 1899 - Barcelona,... Lot 15

RAMÓN CAPMANY MONTANER (Canet de Mar, 1899 - Barcelona, 1992)._x000D_ "Santa Caterina Market"._x000D_ Oil on canvas._x000D_ Signed in the upper left corner._x000D_ With label of the Sala Parés in Barcelona on the back._x000D_ Measurements: 100 x 74 cm; 128 x 100 cm. (frame)._x000D_ Capmany captures the morning hustle and bustle of a market day with remarkable skill. With a veristic will, he conveys a vivid and reliable image of one of the old cobbled streets of the Santa Catarina neighbourhood. A painter, engraver and bibliophile, he was a disciple of Francesc Labarta at the Escuela de la Lonja in Barcelona. As a painter he devoted himself mainly to landscapes (especially of old Barcelona and Montseny), with a naturalistic style, faithful to nature, detailed and with fine strokes. He held important solo and group exhibitions in Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, Munich and London, among other European cities. His prizes include the Travelling Exhibition in New York (1926), an exhibition that brought him international fame, and the gold medal in the competition "Barcelona seen by its artists" (1931). He exhibited regularly at the Sala Parés and was a member of the group Los Evolucionistas until 1923. He also collaborated on many of the collector's editions of the Montaner y Simón publishing house, a prominent company to which the artist was linked by family ties, always using etching, generally in colour. He is represented at MACBA.