#togores

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bustedefemme by artinconnu on Flickr.

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Reading in Bed, 1935. Josep de Togores i Llach (Spanish, 1893-1970). Oil on canvas.

Togores, deaf from meningitis, studied under Joan Llaverias and Fèlix Mestres. He subsequently developed a style of realist Noucentisme attributed to Joan Sacs. Influenced by the work of Cezanne, his initial robust naturalism later gave way to a constructivist realism that was slightly toned down. In 1928, he began to experiment with a very personal avante garde style, which he later abandoned upon returning to Barcelona in 1931. Often exhibiting at the Sala Parés, he became a theoretical and practical defender of realist academicism.