JOSEP MARIA TAMBURINI DALMAU (Barcelona, 1856 - 1932).
"Young Lady with Flowers".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the upper right corner.
Size: 46 x 38 cm; 76 x 66 cm (frame).
Painter and art critic, and outstanding figure of Catalan modernism, Tamburini began his training at the School of La Lonja in Barcelona, to later complete his studies in Paris, with L. Bonnat, and Rome. He collaborated as a draughtsman, art critic and poet with the magazine "L'Avenç", one of the most outstanding artistic publications in Catalonia at the turn of the century. He also wrote for "La Vanguardia". As a painter, he began his career in history painting and anecdotal realism, later evolving along the lines of symbolism, strongly influenced by English pre-Raphaelism. He achieved recognition in 1888, when he won a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona. He continued to take part in official exhibitions in Barcelona and Madrid, and was again awarded a prize at the Barcelona Exhibition in 1898, where he won the Queen Regent's Extraordinary Prize. In 1911 he was awarded the Prize of the King and Queen of Spain. As a mature painter, he worked on placidly fantastic, detailed and precious themes, as well as religious subjects and some portraits. He was also a member of the Board of Museums of Barcelona, advisor to the Academy of Fine Arts, teacher at the La Lonja School and co-founder of the Artistic and Literary Society of Catalonia (1911). He is represented in the MACBA, the National Art Museum and Library of Catalonia, the Royal Academy of Sant Jordi, the Casa Lis Museum in Salamanca and the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Seville, as well as in numerous private collections.