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[[File:Francesc Gimeno - Self-portrait with Cap - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|200px|Self-portrait with Cap (1917)]]
[[File:Francesc Gimeno - Market Day in Torroella - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|285px|Market day in Torroella]]
'''Francesc Gimeno i Arasa''' (4 February 1858, [[Tortosa]] - 22 November 1927, [[Barcelona]]) was a Catalan painter and graphic artist; best known for his landscapes, city scenes and self-portraits.<ref name="G">[https://ift.tt/2HJcOJF Biography] @ the ''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]''</ref>
==Biography==
After completing his primary education, in 1880, he moved to Barcelona, where he worked as a decorative painter in the studios of Manuel Marqués (born c.1840). At the same time, he and a few friends operated a small art academy. With the assistance of a lithographer named Francisco Tió, he was able to move to Madrid in 1884, to study at the [[Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando]] with the landscape painter, [[Carlos de Haes]], and make copies of [[Velázquez]] at the [[Museo del Prado]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2OlMHZu Biography] @ Nomenclàtor.</ref>
In 1887, he moved to [[Torroella de Montgrí]] and, two years later, settled on the [[Costa Brava]], where he painted maritime scenes. In 1888, he received honorable mention at the [[1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition|Exposición Universal de Barcelona]]. Upon returning to Barcelona the following year, he shut himself up in an old decorator's studio and, for unknown reasons, refused to participate in the artistic community there.
It was not until 1915 that, strongly urged by his friends, he held a small private exhibition at the . It was then that he reestablished contact with a childhood friend, Doctor , who became his patron.<ref name="G" /> After that, he spent long periods at the Doctor's home in [[Sabadell]], painting for a small group of local customers. He participated in a few exhibitions; notably in 1917 in Barcelona and 1920 in [[Begur, Spain|Begur]].
He created approximately 200 self-portraits, which bear little stylistic resemblance to his other works. He had a rough temperament, few friends and, despite some success, was usually mired in poverty. The writer, [[Josep Pla]], described him as a "primitive, marginal, anarchic being" who painted by instinct.<ref>''Josep Pla: Francesc Gimeno, pintor, el vell (1858-1927), pg. 95.</ref>
In 2006, the [[Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya]] organized an exhibit entitled "Francesc Gimeno, un artista maleït" (A painter cursed/damned).<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HDBtPG ''Francesc Gimeno. Un Artista Maleït''] ISBN 978-84-8043-157-6</ref>
His eldest son, also became a painter, as well as a sculptor and art critic.
==References==
==Further reading==
* Joan Mates, ''El pintor Gimeno'', Barcelona: Edicions La Mà Trencada, 1935
* Josep Pla, ''Francesc Gimeno, pintor, el vell (1858-1927)'', from ''Homenots'', third series, Barcelona: Edicions Destino, 1972
* Francesc Miralles, ''Francesc Gimeno, passió i llibertat'', Barcelona: Viena Edicions, 2005 ISBN 978-84-83303-64-1
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2OlMJ3y More works by Gimeno] @ ArtNet
* [https://ift.tt/2HEtVw3 Gimeno] @ the [[Museo del Prado]]
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Catalan painters]]
[[Category:Landscape painters]]
[[Category:People from Tortosa]]
[[File:Francesc Gimeno - Market Day in Torroella - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|285px|Market day in Torroella]]
'''Francesc Gimeno i Arasa''' (4 February 1858, [[Tortosa]] - 22 November 1927, [[Barcelona]]) was a Catalan painter and graphic artist; best known for his landscapes, city scenes and self-portraits.<ref name="G">[https://ift.tt/2HJcOJF Biography] @ the ''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]''</ref>
==Biography==
After completing his primary education, in 1880, he moved to Barcelona, where he worked as a decorative painter in the studios of Manuel Marqués (born c.1840). At the same time, he and a few friends operated a small art academy. With the assistance of a lithographer named Francisco Tió, he was able to move to Madrid in 1884, to study at the [[Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando]] with the landscape painter, [[Carlos de Haes]], and make copies of [[Velázquez]] at the [[Museo del Prado]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2OlMHZu Biography] @ Nomenclàtor.</ref>
In 1887, he moved to [[Torroella de Montgrí]] and, two years later, settled on the [[Costa Brava]], where he painted maritime scenes. In 1888, he received honorable mention at the [[1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition|Exposición Universal de Barcelona]]. Upon returning to Barcelona the following year, he shut himself up in an old decorator's studio and, for unknown reasons, refused to participate in the artistic community there.
It was not until 1915 that, strongly urged by his friends, he held a small private exhibition at the . It was then that he reestablished contact with a childhood friend, Doctor , who became his patron.<ref name="G" /> After that, he spent long periods at the Doctor's home in [[Sabadell]], painting for a small group of local customers. He participated in a few exhibitions; notably in 1917 in Barcelona and 1920 in [[Begur, Spain|Begur]].
He created approximately 200 self-portraits, which bear little stylistic resemblance to his other works. He had a rough temperament, few friends and, despite some success, was usually mired in poverty. The writer, [[Josep Pla]], described him as a "primitive, marginal, anarchic being" who painted by instinct.<ref>''Josep Pla: Francesc Gimeno, pintor, el vell (1858-1927), pg. 95.</ref>
In 2006, the [[Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya]] organized an exhibit entitled "Francesc Gimeno, un artista maleït" (A painter cursed/damned).<ref>[https://ift.tt/2HDBtPG ''Francesc Gimeno. Un Artista Maleït''] ISBN 978-84-8043-157-6</ref>
His eldest son, also became a painter, as well as a sculptor and art critic.
==References==
==Further reading==
* Joan Mates, ''El pintor Gimeno'', Barcelona: Edicions La Mà Trencada, 1935
* Josep Pla, ''Francesc Gimeno, pintor, el vell (1858-1927)'', from ''Homenots'', third series, Barcelona: Edicions Destino, 1972
* Francesc Miralles, ''Francesc Gimeno, passió i llibertat'', Barcelona: Viena Edicions, 2005 ISBN 978-84-83303-64-1
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2OlMJ3y More works by Gimeno] @ ArtNet
* [https://ift.tt/2HEtVw3 Gimeno] @ the [[Museo del Prado]]
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Catalan painters]]
[[Category:Landscape painters]]
[[Category:People from Tortosa]]
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