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P0114
Extension of the mural featuring the Catalan fortune seeker and the adventurer. Mayor of Barcelona’s office
Ref Num.: P0114
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Date: 1931-1933
Typology: Painting
Technique: Oil on canvas attached to the wall
Dimensions: –
Signed: Unsigned and undated
Location
Barcelona, City hall, mayor’s office
Description
This painting, done in a vertical format, is placed next to the scene depicting the adventurer, or Catalan fortune seeker, next to a window and also features a sailor. From 1929 to 1933, Xavier Nogués designed and painted the wall decorations for the mayor’s office at Barcelona City Hall. On Plandiura’s advice, the then mayor, the Baron of Viver, commissioned Nogués to undertake the task. The artist began working on the project in Paris, where he produced a series of preparatory sketches, and continued in Barcelona. The murals feature allegorical episodes that evoke the 19th-century Catalan revival movement, the Renaixença.
Image Rights: Dani Rovira. With kind permission of Barcelona City Council.
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Bibliography
Cecília Vidal, Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Fundació Xavier Nogués, Editorial Àmbit, Barcelona, 2011, p. 113. Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, p. 173-177.
