- 01. Evocation of the nude
- 02. Paris nocturnes
- 03. Portraits
- 04. The splendour of women
- 05. A passion for dance
Anglada-Camarasa.
Arabesque and Seduction
6 November 2012 - 31 March 2013
Hermen Anglada-Camarasa
c. 1894-1898
Oil on canvas, 70.5 x 40 cm
Colección Anglada-Camarasa Fundación "la Caixa"
© David Bonet_2012
Hermen Anglada-Camarasa
c. 1899
Oil on panel, 35 x 26.5 cm
Colección Anglada-Camarasa Fundación "la Caixa"
© David Bonet_2012
Evocation of the nude
From the outset of his career Anglada-Camarasa was extremely interested in the depiction of the nude, principally female figures. At this period the nude body was a fundamental motif for art students when practicing their drawing skills. After his initial training in Barcelona, in 1894 Anglada-Camarasa went to Paris for the first time at which point he turned to a new type of subject matter that marks the start of his first Paris period (1894-1904).
His Parisian nudes still deploy the academic line found in his earlier Catalan works but they soon move towards what would become his most characteristic style with its notably Symbolist presentation of women, probably influenced by the work of Gustave Moreau.