{"id":107,"date":"2019-12-17T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:54:47","slug":"lhome-i-lartista","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/lhome-i-lartista","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;HOME I L&#8217;ARTISTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-0\"><div class=\"row quad-top-padding double-bottom-padding single-h-padding limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell\" ><div class=\"uncont no-block-padding col-custom-width\" style=\" max-width:804px;\" ><div class=\"vc_custom_heading_wrap\"><div class=\"heading-text el-text\" ><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Xavier Nogu\u00e9s i Casas (Barcelona, 1873-1941)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p class=\"translation-block\">A disciple of Pere Borrell del Caso, as a young man Xavier Nogu\u00e9s i Casas travelled to Paris with Alexandre de Cabanyes.\nA member of the group known as El Rovell de l\u2019Ou (\u201cThe Egg Yolk\u201d, circa 1898-1901), this was the period in which Nogu\u00e9s produced his Auca (a Catalan print format which usually contained 48 pictures with rhyming text beneath them) on the Gathering of Sant Medir. It took him some time to gain true public popularity, which he achieved after contributing illustrations to the famous Papitu magazine (1908) run by Feliu Elias (also known as Apa). In this publication Nogu\u00e9s signed his drawings as Babel. He also contributed to other publications such as <em>Poti-Poti,\u00a0Cucafera,\u00a0Picarol,\u00a0Mar Vella,\u00a0D\u2019Ac\u00ed i d\u2019All\u00e0 and\u00a0Revista Nova<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Nogu\u00e9s is without a doubt one of the most interesting and representative figures of Catalan Noucentisme. As a man he was kind, intelligent and sensitive; as an artist he was creative, honest and sensitive. When these qualities were applied to his rigour, discipline and profound knowledge of process and technique, they enriched his work, which is full of life and rooted in Barcelona\u2019s culture but devoid of folklore and superficiality, because he displayed a high degree of taste and restraint.<\/p>\n<p>Nogu\u00e9s was the creator of some characteristic and peculiar figures, who wavered between being pathetic and tender, in a highly particular style. He illustrated two leading works in the canon of Catalan graphic humour:\u00a0<em>50 ninots<\/em> i<em>\u00a0La Catalunya pintoresca.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-0\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-0\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-0\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-1\"><div class=\"row no-top-padding no-bottom-padding single-h-padding limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-10 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\" ><div class=\"uncode-single-media  text-left\"><div class=\"single-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"tmb tmb-light  tmb-img-ratio tmb-media-first tmb-media-last tmb-content-overlay tmb-no-bg\"><div class=\"t-inside\"><div class=\"t-entry-visual\"><div class=\"t-entry-visual-tc\"><div class=\"uncode-single-media-wrapper\"><div class=\"dummy\" style=\"padding-top: 66.7%;\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/xavier_nogu%C3%A9s_foto-uai-2099x1399.jpg\" width=\"2099\" height=\"1399\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-2 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\" ><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><em>Xavier Nogu\u00e9s c. 1933-1935 in his studio at 115 Passeig de Gr\u00e0cia in Barcelona.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-1\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-1\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-2\"><div class=\"row double-top-padding double-bottom-padding single-h-padding limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell\" ><div class=\"uncont no-block-padding col-custom-width\" style=\" max-width:804px;\" ><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p>As a painter, his notable works include the satirical murals for the cellar of the Galeries Laietanes (now mainly conserved in the MNAC), painted in 1915, the ones for the living room of collector and industrialist Llu\u00eds Planidura at his home in Carrer de la Ribera in Barcelona in 1917 and the more sober ones for the mayor\u2019s office in Barcelona\u2019s Casa de la Ciutat, created as part of the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>A very well rounded artist, he also cultivated his work as a costume designer. In this field his designs for the premiere of Eduard Toldr\u00e0 and Josep Carner\u2019s opera, <em>El giravolt de maig<\/em>(1928) are particularly noteworthy, a magnificent example of the persistence of the Noucentist spirit during Primo de Rivera\u2019s dictatorship. Nogu\u00e9s was a member of the Reial Acad\u00e8mia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.<\/p>\n<p>We must also signal his incursions into the field of decorative arts, including ceramic and fired enamelled glass paintings, as well as his role as an engraving teacher in Barcelona and Olot. He also wrote a treatise on lithography, which was published in  Salvador Espriu\u2019s book,<em>\u00a0Xavier Nogu\u00e9s i la seva circumst\u00e0ncia.<\/em>, escrit per Salvador Espriu.<\/p>\n<p>A notable figure of the Noucentisme movement, Nogu\u00e9s contributed a special irony that artistically translated into a personal Expressionism, which at times has aspects in common with the work of George Grosz. This makes his style the more sceptical version of Noucentist art. Francesc Pujols and Feliu Elias (now using the pseudonym Joan Sacs) each dedicated a monograph to Nogu\u00e9s. However, the most complete monograph on the artist was the one published by Rafael Benet in the years after the Spanish Civil War (1949). Nogu\u00e9s\u2019 activity as an engraver was later exhaustively catalogued and studied by Jaume Pla (1960).<\/p>\n<p>The most recent specialist on Xavier Nogu\u00e9s\u2019 work is Cec\u00edlia Vidal, permanent secretary of the present Xavier Nogu\u00e9s Foundation, who ensures the artist\u2019s name continues to receive attention. She organises awards for engravers, promotes limited editions on Nogu\u00e9s and the art of engraving, and acquires singular works by the artist to exhibit in national museums.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-2\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-2\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-2\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xavier Nogu\u00e9s i Casas (Barcelona, 1873-1941) Deixeble de Pere Borrell del Caso, an\u00e0 a Par\u00eds molt jove amb Alexandre de [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xaviernogues.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}