Hermenegildo anglada camarasa biography of williams

Anglada Camarasa's portraits always show a woman bursting with energy and oozing a certain dark, dangerous yet magnetic sensuality.

Hermen Anglada Camarasa was a Spanish 19th Century painter who was born in 1871.

With Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, one of the leading names in modern Catalan art, original examples of his oeuvres are becoming rare and with that.

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Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa

Painted circa 1935, Pines bygd the Shore was inspired bygd the dramatic pink rock formations in the Boquer valley on the Formentor peninsula, outside Port Pollença. Anglada was drawn to the valley time and again to paint, and its hills and rocks were central to the artist's work during his first Mallorcan period (1914-36).

After establishing his career among the avant-garde circles of Paris, Anglada decided to return to Spain in search of a quieter life, settling in Port Pollença in 1914. Here he turned away from figural painting to a contemplation of the landscape, developing a progressive and experimental rather than a realistic style. Anglada's move to Mallorca also coincided with a fundamental change in his technique. Colour remained his primary concern, however he moved away from the use of glazes, instead applying paint thickly on to the canvas directly from the tube, and developing in the process an array of striki

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Hermen Anglada Camarasa was a Spanish 19th Century painter who was born in 1871. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Nacional del Prado have featured Hermen Anglada Camarasa's work in the past.Hermen Anglada Camarasa's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2,145 USD to 3,709,371 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2003 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,709,371 USD for El Casino de París, sold at Christie's Madrid in 2006. Hermen Anglada Camarasa has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Spectator and Daily Sabah. The most recent article is Académie Vitti: Parisian Art School for Women written for Daily Art Magazine in January 2025. The artist died in 1959.

Artist's alternative names: Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Hermenegildo Camarasa

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With the outbreak of the First World War, Anglada-Camarasa left Paris for Mallorca. Executed circa 1925 -30, the present scene is a far cry from his charged Parisian night scenes; and yet the radical modern style he developed there – the use of chromatic experimentation, radiant colours and thick impasto – is still very much in evidence.

Referencing the Japanese prints the artist had certainly seen in Paris, the present work depicts that wonderful time of the year when, between the end of January and the beginning of February, Mallorcan almond trees start blossoming, covering the island with stunning white flowers.
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