P0115

The Port. Extension of the mural Catalonia’s spiritual renaissance. Mayor of Barcelona’s office

Ref Num.: P0115

Date: 1931-1933

Typology: Painting

Technique: Oil on canvas attached to the wall

Dimensions: –

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Barcelona, City hall, mayor’s office

The painting, entitled “The Port”, is placed next to the scene depicting Catalonia’s spiritual renaissance, above a door, and shows a peasant looking at an allegory of sailing with a seascape in the background. 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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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, pp. 173-177.