Bartolomé Mongrell Muñoz (1882-1938) - Retrato de caballero

Signed and dedicated by the artist at the bottom

The work is presented framed

Dimensions of the work: 65 cm high x 54 cm wide

Frame dimensions: 76 cm high x 66 cm wide

The condition of the work is acceptable.

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Artist’s biography:

He began his artistic training with his cousin José Mongrell Torrent, a pupil of Sorolla and Pinazo. He studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia, where he was appointed professor of preparatory color studies and had the opportunity to demonstrate his solid artistic culture. An academically styled painter who stood out in Valencian subjects, mainly in the Valencian regional genre painting, where he shows his mastery of chromaticism inherited from Valencian luminism, though somewhat aligned with modernism, which gives him a more personal and brilliant style. He also stood out in portraits and in his work as a poster designer, highlighting some of the modernist-style posters for the Valencia Fair. Inspired by Sorollismo, he specialized in figure subjects; Bartolomé Mongrell developed a luminous language, Levantine impressionism, marked by color and light. Throughout his career he held solo exhibitions in important venues, such as the Layetanas Galleries in Barcelona, where his 1934 show stands out. He also devoted himself to creating posters, both advertising and institutional, highlighting his works for the Greater Valencia Fair. Some of his works are found in the Circulo de Bellas Artes of Valencia, the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, the City Museum of Valencia, the Diputación and the City Hall of Valencia, and the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, in addition to numerous private collections.