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

Signed and dedicated by the artist on the bottom

The artwork is presented framed

Artwork dimensions: 65 cm in height x 54 cm in width

Frame measurements: 76 cm in height x 66 cm in width

The condition of the work is acceptable

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Biography of the artist:

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 studies in color, and he had the opportunity to demonstrate his sound artistic culture. An academically trained painter who stood out for Valencian themes, mainly in Valencian regional genre painting, where he demonstrates his mastery of chromaticism inherited from Valencian luminism, though somewhat affiliated with Modernism, which gives him a more personal and brilliant style. He also excelled in portraits and in his work as a poster designer, highlighting some Modernist-style posters for the Valencia Fair. Inspired by Sorolla, he specialized in figure subjects, especially those of Valencian regional costumbrismo; Bartolomé Mongrell developed a luminist 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 dedicated himself to making posters, both advertising and institutional, highlighting his creations for the Great Valencia Fair. Some of his works are housed in the Circulo de Bellas Artes of Valencia, the Valencia Museum of Fine Arts, the City Museum of Valencia, the Provincial Council and the City Hall of Valencia, and the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, in addition to numerous private collections.