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Cala Forn

Museum tags: 
Modern Art
Location: 
Sala 070
Social tags: 
  • Noucentisme
  • landscape
Collection: 
Modern Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Joaquim Sunyer

After a few years in Paris, where he was influenced by the French Post-Impressionists before adopting a language similar to Cézanne's, Sunyer returned to Catalonia, where he made his name as the leader of Noucentisme, an artistic movement that preached a return to classical models and upheld figurative art in opposition to the avant-garde movements. 'Cala Forn', one of Sunyer's and Noucentisme's most paradigmatic works, marked the peak of his creative development. With its great expressive power and feeling, the artist achieves perfect integration of the figures in the landscape, not limiting them to reproductions of everyday reality but turning them into symbols of the Catalonia of the time.

Dating: 
1917
Dimensions: 
120 x 140,5 cm

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Acquisition: 

Given by the Association of Friends of the Arts, 1918

Inventory number: 
011004-000

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