Isidre Nonell

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Isidre Nonell i Monturiol (Catalan pronunciation: [iˈziðɾə nuˈneʎ]; Spanish: Isidro Nonell y Monturiol; 30 November 1872 – 21 February 1911) was a Catalan artist known for his expressive portrayal of socially marginalized individuals in late 19th-century Barcelona.

Life

Isidre Nonell was born in 1872 in

In 1894, he began producing illustrations for La Vanguardia. He later drew for other periodicals, including L'Esquella de la Torratxa, Barcelona Cómica, Pèl & Ploma, and Forma [ca].

In 1896, Nonell went with Ricard Canals and Juli Vallmitjana to the spa town of

In February 1897, he went to Paris with Ricard Canals. There he exhibited and shared a studio with Picasso. He returned to Barcelona in 1900. At the beginning of 1901, he made paintings of women, such as gypsy and working-class women, and still lifes. He exhibited in the Sala París in Barcelona twice, in 1902 and 1903. The reaction to his works of poor gypsy women was very hostile. ^{[citation needed]}

He died of typhoid fever in Barcelona, aged 38.

His work

The oil paintings show the influence of

• 
  Drawing Captaire a París,1897
• 
  Painting Dolores, 1903
• 
  Repòs, 1904
• 
  Painting , La Paloma, 1904
• 
  Cap de gitana, 1904
• 
  Painting Study, 1908
• 
  Painting Still-Life, 1910

References

Bibliography

• VV.AA.: Isidre Nonell (1872–1911), Editorial MNAC, Barcelona i Fundación Cultural Mapfre, Madrid 2000,
  ISBN 84-89455-37-6
• VV.AA.: Isidre Nonell, Editorial Polígrafa, Barcelona 1996,
  ISBN 84-343-0817-7
• Fontbona, Francesc, Nonell, Gent Nostra, Thor, Barcelona 1987.
• Jardí, Enric: Nonell, Editorial Polígrafa, Barcelona 1984,
  ISBN 84-343-0412-0
• Robinson, William H. et al, Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí. Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006.
  ISBN 9780940717879

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• www.isidrenonell.cat Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Catalogue raisonné (in English, Catalan, and Spanish)
• Isidre Nonell on Google Arts & Culture