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Dec. 12, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "He tore the letter and threw it into the fireplace", ca. 1909. Charcoal drawing, watercolor and chalk on paper. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "He tore the letter and threw it into the fireplace", ca. 1909. Charcoal drawing, watercolor and chalk on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 25 x 21 cm; 42.5 x 38 cm (frame). Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was formed in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona, where he had as teachers Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 12, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística
Est: €1,200 - €1,400
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística, weekly newspaper of literature, arts and sciences. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 64 x 46 cm; 73,5 x 53 cm (frame). Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was formed in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona, where he had as teachers Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the La Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 12, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal, chalk, wax and gouache on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística,
Est: €1,400 - €1,500
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal, chalk, wax and gouache on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística, weekly newspaper of literature, arts and sciences, n. 1615, p. 807. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 45 x 63 cm; 62 x 80 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has been able to combine a dark monochromatic palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively scene of interior finished in murder. Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 27, 2024
ARCADI MAS i FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, 1934), Recogiendo flores
Est: €4,500 - €5,500
Firmado y fechado en 1884 en el ángulo inferior derecho.
Isbilya Subastas
Nov. 19, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA. TÉCNICA MIXTA.
Est: €800 - €1,000
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934) Semana de Pasión. Mercado de Palmas en Barcelona. Técnica mixta sobre papel. Firmado. Bibliografía. Reproducido en la Revista "Hispania", nº3. Marzo, 1899. 33 x 46 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Oct. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística, weekly newspaper of literature, arts and sciences.
Est: €1,500 - €1,600
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística, weekly newspaper of literature, arts and sciences. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 64 x 46 cm; 73,5 x 53 cm (frame). Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was formed in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona, where he had as teachers Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the La Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "He tore the letter and threw it into the fireplace", ca. 1909. Charcoal drawing, watercolor and chalk on paper. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "He tore the letter and threw it into the fireplace", ca. 1909. Charcoal drawing, watercolor and chalk on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 25 x 21 cm; 42.5 x 38 cm (frame). Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was formed in the School of La Lonja of Barcelona, where he had as teachers Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Jewelry box with diamonds and flowers". Charcoal, wax and gouache on paper. Signed in the lower left area. Published in the book "Debt of the heart"
Est: €800 - €850
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Jewelry box with diamonds and flowers". Charcoal, wax and gouache on paper. Signed in the lower left area. Published in the book "Debt of the heart" by José Selgas, 1909, Ed. Montaner y Simón Editores. Measurements: 23 x 32 cm; 41 x 49 cm (frame). Arcadi Mas i Fondevila worked at Montaner y Simón editores, a publishing house founded in Barcelona in 1861 by Ramon Montaner i Vila and Francesc Simón i Font. Considered one of the most influential publishers in the Spanish book world, the firm specialized in large multi-volume works aimed primarily at bibliophiles and collectors. Painter and draftsman, founder of the Sitges luminist school, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal, chalk, wax and gouache on paper.
Est: €2,000 - €2,200
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Secret marriage". Charcoal, chalk, wax and gouache on paper. Published in the magazine La Ilustración Artística, weekly newspaper of literature, arts and sciences, n. 1615, p. 807. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 45 x 63 cm; 62 x 80 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has been able to combine a dark monochromatic palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively scene of interior finished in murder. Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he traveled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, being awarded a medal. He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, obtaining a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 18, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "FEMALE FIGURE".
Est: €120 - €300
Black pencil on paper. Signed. The paper has foxing and tears on the edges, as well as marks. 37 x 27.2 cm (unframed). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.
Subarna Subastas
May. 14, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA
Est: €900 - €1,200
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, Barcelona, 1934) Interior con figuras. Dibujo a carboncillo y gouache sobre papel. Firmado. 46 x 42 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
May. 14, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, Barcelona, 1934) Interior con figuras. Dibujo a carboncillo y goauche sobre papel. Firmado. 47 x 62 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Feb. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "BOATS AND FISHERMEN".
Est: €100 - €150
Ink and watercolour on paper. Signed. 10 x 7 cm; 23 x 20 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jan. 15, 2024
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the church", 1893. Oil on táblex. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Est: €1,500 - €1,600
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the church", 1893. Oil on táblex. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 50 x 65 cm; 66,5 x 82,5 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has known how to combine a dark palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively liturgical scene developed in a church. Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first collective exhibition, organized in the hall of the Artistic Association of Barcelona. In 1873 he travels to Madrid, visits the Prado Museum and exhibits in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also participated in the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona the following year, being awarded the first medal. In 1895 he traveled again to Madrid, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later he went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles of the first one for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions in Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he joined the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. An example of the relevance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied one of his nudes from 1895. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also worked on portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 29, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 14, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 12, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Children on the beach". Oil on board. Signed in the lower left corner. With label on the back of The Columbus Museum.
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Children on the Beach". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower left corner. With label on the back of The Columbus Museum. Size: 28 x 38,5 cm; 42 x 54 cm (frame). In this painting Mas i Fondevila presents us with a non-stereotyped picture of a corner of the Catalan coast, a landscape that is shown to us with the evocative character of the everyday, the close and the known. A group of children, probably the children of fishermen, frolic in the sand, while others rest beside a boat and climb over its prow. Formally, the careful study of colour and light stands out, the result of which is an image solidly constructed on an agile reading rhythm. A painter and draughtsman and founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first group exhibition, organised in the hall of the Barcelona Artistic Association. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning the first medal. In 1895 he travelled to Madrid again, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles by Rusiñol for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. An example of the importance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied a nude of his from 1895. During this period, moreover, Mas i Fondevila collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". Thanks to a donation from the American patron Charles Deering, in 1913 he painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. Today a copy can be admired "in situ", the original having been erased by the passage of time. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again exhibited individually, this time in the La Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also painted portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Apr. 20, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "FEMALE FIGURE".
Est: €200 - €400
Black pencil on paper. Signed. The paper has foxing and tears on the edges, as well as marks. 37 x 27.2 cm (unframed). This lot will not be included in our post auction sale.
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Apr. 20, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "GRAPE HARVESTER WITH A DONKEY".
Est: €2,500 - €7,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. Reference literature: Isabel Coll, "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila. El pintor poeta", Barcelona, El Centaure Groc, 2014, p. 84, 286. 100 x 59.7 cm; 126 x 86 cm. (frame).
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Mar. 28, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Port Scene in Venice". Oil on canvas. Signed and located in the lower left corner.
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Port Scene in Venice". Oil on canvas. Signed and located in the lower left corner. Measurements: 50 x 61 cm; 74 x 85 cm (frame). In this work Arcadi Mas has been able to combine a Mediterranean palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively popular scene developed in a port in the vicinity of Venice. A painter and draughtsman and founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first group exhibition, organised in the hall of the Barcelona Artistic Association. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning the first medal. In 1895 he travelled to Madrid again, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles by Rusiñol for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. An example of the importance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied a nude of his from 1895. During this period, moreover, Mas i Fondevila collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". Thanks to a donation from the American patron Charles Deering, in 1913 he painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. Today a copy can be admired "in situ", the original having been erased by the passage of time. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again exhibited individually, this time in the La Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also painted portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 13, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the chapel of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the chapel of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Label of Barrachina & Ramoneda, Sala Parés and Barcino Arts on the back. Work catalogued in "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila: the poet painter". Isabel Coll, El Centaure Groc 2014, pg.304. It has slight faults. Size: 90 x 100 cm; 113 x 113 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has managed to combine a Mediterranean palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively popular scene. The group of friars and altar boys with sober countenances carry their banners, followed by different social groups: the mayor, civil servants in suits, women in Sunday dresses.... The sea, with its rhythmic swell, provides an ideal backdrop, and even the shadows welcome the chromatic iridescence of a bright day. Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first group exhibition, organised in the hall of the Barcelona Artistic Association. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning the first medal. In 1895 he travelled to Madrid again, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles by Rusiñol for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. An example of the importance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied a nude of his from 1895. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again exhibited individually, this time at La Pinacoteca. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also painted portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 13, 2023
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 28, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the chapel of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Label of Barrachina & Ramoneda on the back.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the chapel of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Label of Barrachina & Ramoneda, Sala Parés and Barcino Arts on the back. Work catalogued in "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila: the poet painter". Isabel Coll, El Centaure Groc 2014, pg.304. It has slight faults. Size: 90 x 100 cm; 113 x 113 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has managed to combine a Mediterranean palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively popular scene. The group of friars and altar boys with sober countenances carry their banners, followed by different social groups: the mayor, civil servants in suits, women in Sunday dresses.... The sea, with its rhythmic swell, provides an ideal backdrop, and even the shadows welcome the chromatic iridescence of a bright day. Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first group exhibition, organised in the hall of the Barcelona Artistic Association. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning the first medal. In 1895 he travelled to Madrid again, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles by Rusiñol for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. An example of the importance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied a nude of his from 1895. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again exhibited individually, this time at La Pinacoteca. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also painted portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, among others.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 15, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "GRAPE HARVESTER WITH A DONKEY".
Est: €3,500 - €8,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. Reference literature: Isabel Coll, "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila. El pintor poeta", Barcelona, El Centaure Groc, 2014, p. 84, 286. 100 x 59.7 cm; 126 x 86 cm. (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Dec. 13, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 24, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 22, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "GRAPE HARVESTER WITH A DONKEY".
Est: €4,500 - €12,500
Oil on canvas. Signed. Reference literature: Isabel Coll, "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila. El pintor poeta", Barcelona, El Centaure Groc, 2014, p. 84, 286. 100 x 59.7 cm; 126 x 86 cm. (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Aug. 31, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "In the Bar". Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 45 x 62 cm; 75.5 x 95 cm (frame). Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 15, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 – Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Fisherman". Pastel on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Fisherman". Pastel on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Measurements: 96 x 71 cm; 124 x 99 cm (frame) Painter and draughtsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he was awarded a medal. He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning a first medal. Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again held a solo exhibition, this time in the Pinacoteca gallery. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). He is represented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 15, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Port Scene in Venice". Oil on canvas. Signed and located in the lower left corner.
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Port Scene in Venice". Oil on canvas. Signed and located in the lower left corner. Measurements: 50 x 61 cm; 74 x 85 cm (frame). In this work Arcadi Mas has been able to combine a Mediterranean palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively popular scene developed in a port in the vicinity of Venice. A painter and draughtsman and founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first group exhibition, organised in the hall of the Barcelona Artistic Association. In 1873 he travelled to Madrid, visited the Prado Museum and exhibited a painting in the Platería Martínez room, which was later bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the Barcelona City Council, which enabled him to further his studies by travelling to Italy on a scholarship between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while taking part in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also took part in the exhibition of the Centre of Watercolourists in Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance the Sitges Luminist school was born, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he took part in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also took part in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona the following year, winning the first medal. In 1895 he travelled to Madrid again, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later went to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles by Rusiñol for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Barcelona Fine Arts Exhibitions of 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he opened the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that established him as a master of pastel painting. An example of the importance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied a nude of his from 1895. During this period, moreover, Mas i Fondevila collaborated as a draughtsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". Thanks to a donation from the American patron Charles Deering, in 1913 he painted the tympanum of the portal of Santa Catalina in the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. Today a copy can be admired "in situ", the original having been erased by the passage of time. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals in the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he again exhibited individually, this time in the La Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitges Study Group devoted an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also painted portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 03, 2022
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "GRAPE HARVESTER WITH A DONKEY".
Est: €4,500 - €12,500
Oil on canvas. Signed. Reference literature: Isabel Coll, "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila. El pintor poeta", Barcelona, El Centaure Groc, 2014, p. 84, 286. 100 x 59.7 cm; 126 x 86 cm. (frame).
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Oct. 07, 2021
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "GRAPE HARVESTER WITH A DONKEY".
Est: €5,000 - €12,500
Oil on canvas. Signed. Reference literature: Isabel Coll, "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila. El pintor poeta", Barcelona, El Centaure Groc, 2014, p. 84, 286. 100 x 59.7 cm; 126 x 86 cm. (frame).
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May. 18, 2021
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the hermitage of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (Barcelona, 1852 - Sitges, Barcelona, 1934). "Procession from the hermitage of Sant Sebastià, Sitges". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Work listed in "Arcadi Mas i Fondevila: the poet painter". Isabel Coll, El Centaure Groc 2014, pg. 304. Measurements: 90 x 100 cm; 113 x 113 cm (frame). In this work, Arcadi Mas has managed to combine a Mediterranean palette with a meticulous sociological observation, extracting from it a juicy and lively popular scene. Painter and draftsman, founder of the luminist school of Sitges, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila was trained at the Escuela de La Lonja in Barcelona, where his teachers were Antonio Caba and Claudio Lorenzale. At the age of twenty he took part in his first collective exhibition, organized in the hall of the Artistic Association of Barcelona. In 1873 he travels to Madrid, visits the Prado Museum and exhibits in the Platería Martínez room a painting that would later be bought by King Alfonso XII. Two years later he won the first Fortuny scholarship from the City Council of Barcelona, which allowed him to further his studies by traveling to Italy as a pensioner between 1876 and 1886. During these years, Arcadi Mas i Fondevila visited Venice, Rome, Naples and Capri, while participating in several group exhibitions at the Sala Parés in Barcelona. Ascribed to the Neapolitan naturalist school of Domenico Morelli, in 1885 he also participated in the exhibition of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona. On his return to Catalonia, his friend Joan Roig Soler encouraged him to visit Sitges, and from this meeting and acquaintance was born the luminist school of Sitges, a pictorial current that brought together other artists such as Joaquim de Miró, Antoni Almirall and Joan Batlle. In 1887 he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid, and won a medal for his work "Corpus Christi Procession in Sitges". He also participated in the Universal Exposition of Barcelona the following year, being awarded the first medal. In 1895 he travels again to Madrid, this time accompanied by Santiago Rusiñol and Zuloaga, and later he goes to Granada with Rusiñol, Miguel Utrillo and Macari Oller, with the intention of illustrating some articles of the first one for "La Vanguardia". Mas i Fondevila won two more medals at the Fine Arts Exhibitions in Barcelona in 1894 and 1896, and in 1899 he joined the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc. In 1900 he inaugurated the Rovira Salon in Barcelona with his first individual exhibition, a show that consecrated him as a master of pastel. An example of the relevance of this painter can be found in the fact that Picasso had copied one of his nudes from 1895. During this period, Mas i Fondevila also collaborated as a draftsman in "La Ilustració Catalana". Thanks to a donation from the American patron Charles Deering, in 1913 he painted the tympanum of the Santa Catalina portal of the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla in Sitges. Today a copy can be admired "in situ", the original having been erased by the passage of time. In 1928 he was commissioned to paint one of the murals of the Sala de Sant Jordi in the Palace of the Generalitat in Barcelona, and in 1932 he exhibited again individually, this time in the Pinacoteca room. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the Sitgetan Studies Group dedicated an anthological exhibition to him at the Maricel Museum (1985). In his painting, Mas i Fondevila combined Catalan localism with his Neapolitan memories. He also worked on portraits, with outstanding works such as those of Antonio Caba and Pitarra. He is represented in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Maricel, the Cau Ferrat and the Sitges Town Hall, as well as in other museums and private collections.
Setdart Auction House
May. 13, 2021
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "NUN IN PRAYER".
Est: €900 - €2,250
Pastel on paper. Signed. 50 x 64 cm; 61.5 x 76 cm. (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Mar. 11, 2021
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). Procesión en Sitges, gouache sobre papel, 37x37 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Dec. 17, 2020
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934). "NEMI LAKE", C. 1888.
Est: €9,000 - €11,700
Oil on canvas. Oil on canvas. Signed. There is a similar work with the same location, kept in the MNAC, Barcelona (inv. 010774-000). 132 x 252 cm; 141 x 261.5 cm (frame).
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Jul. 08, 2020
A. Solaz
Est: -
A. Solaz (¿?, act. s. XIX?). Bodegón de flores y cerámica china, óleo sobre lienzo, 88x64 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Mar. 13, 2020
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). Personajes, óleo sobre tabla, 58x51 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Feb. 26, 2020
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). Personajes, óleo sobre tabla, 58x51 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Jun. 01, 2019
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). "Valenciana", pastel sobre papel, 54x45 cm.
Sala de Ventas
May. 16, 2019
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). "Valenciana", pastel sobre papel, 54x45 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Dec. 19, 2018
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila
Est: -
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). "Valenciana", pastel sobre papel, 54x45 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Oct. 24, 2018
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila, Urban view, Venice, Oil on canvas
Est: €4,250 - €6,000
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila Barcelona 1852 - Sitges 1934 Urban view, Venice Oil on canvas Signed 38x53 cm
Balclis
Feb. 22, 2018
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA (1852-1934)
Est: €1,900 - €2,470
"Procesión" Gouache sobre papel. Firmado. 48 x 62 cms
Subarna Subastas
Feb. 21, 2018
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA
Est: -
ARCADI MAS I FONDEVILA, (Barcelona, 1852-Sitges, 1934). "El juramento", óleo sobre tabla, 32x35,5 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Dec. 19, 2017
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila Barcelona 1852 - Sitges 1934 Urban view, Venice
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Oil on canvas Signed 38x53 cm
Balclis
Dec. 19, 2017
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila Barcelona 1852 - Sitges 1934 Couple
Est: €500 - €650
Charcoal and gouache drawing on paper Signed 63x50 cm
Balclis
Dec. 19, 2017
Arcadi Mas i Fondevila Barcelona 1852 - Sitges 1934 Young woman in a harbour
Est: €1,000 - €1,300
Gouache on paper Signed 57x41 cm
Balclis