Tag: Spanish artists

#AtoZChallenge: Nonell, Isidre (Picasso)

Isidre Nonell was an artist friend of Picasso’s from Barcelona. He was born in 1872, so he was about nine years older than Picasso. Unfortunately, he died in 1911, probably when Picasso was in southern France with Eva Gouel. Nonell’s paintings are classified as post-impressionism work, and some think his work belongs to modernism and…

Quintanilla

Luis Quintanilla was a Spanish artist (1893-1978) and a contemporary of Juan Gris. He got caught up in the politics of the time and served eight months in prison starting in October of 1934. Many of his artist, writer, and other intellectual friends had supported him during this time, some of whom he had met…