Eusebi Planas
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by Faustina Sáez de Melgar
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Eusebi Planas i Franquesa (1833, Barcelona - 13 March 1897, Barcelona)[1]) was a Catalan graphic artist, lithographer and watercolorist.
Life and work
His family wanted him to study law, but his artistic inclinations prevailed, and he found work with a lithographer. He later enrolled at the Escola de la Llotja and took classes at a private academy. In 1849, he went to Paris to perfect his techniques, under the direction of Émile Lassalle. He soon began working for the art dealer and publisher, Adolphe Goupil, providing him with illustrations and lithographs of paintings.[2] In 1854, a cholera epidemic made him decide to return to Barcelona, where he continued to produce illustrations; notably for The Three Musketeers and Les Misérables. He also made enhancements to photographs, as well as posters and flyers for public and private events.[2] In addition, he is credited with documenting notable feminine prototypes for beauty, in such works as Historia de Una Mujer (History of a Woman, 1880).
References
- ↑ Registre de Defuncions de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona, any 1897, número de registre 2132.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biographie d'Eusebi Planas i Franquesa". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in català). Retrieved 13 November 2015..
Further reading
- DDAA, La col·lecció Raimon Casellas, Exhibition catalog, Publicacions del Mnac/ Museo del Prado, 1992 ISBN 84-87317-21-9
- Salvador Bori, Tres maestros del lápiz de la Barcelona ochocentista, Padró, Planas, Pellicer, Millà, 1945
- Pilar Vélez, "Eusebi Planas (1833-1897): La il·lustració vuitcentista barcelonina", In: Butlletí de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi,1996 (Online)
External links
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Eusebi Planas at Wikimedia Commons
