José Nogué Massó (Santa Coloma de Queralt, 19 March 1880 - Huelva, August 23, 1973), was a Spanish painter and decorator, specializing in portraits and landscapes.
Biography
He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, entering in 1897,3 and later moved to Rome where he perfected his studies. During his stay he also showed interest in the musical field, relating to lyrical singers of the time such as the Spaniards Francisco Viñas and Hipólito Lázaro, or the Italian Mattia Battistini. In particular, it maintained a great friendship with the famous composer Pietro Mascagni, arriving even to sing in a theater that was property of the Italian musician.
In 1907 he obtained by opposition the seat of pensioned one in the Academy of Spain in Rome, obtaining in the following years three honorific qualifications by its annual shipments of oil paintings. During his stay in Rome he married in 1908 with another pensioner, María Vallejo Martínez.4
He was acting director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, witnessing for this the director of the same Jose Benlliure, in certification dated June 22, 1912. In his name he represented the Society of Painters and Sculptors of Madrid in the Congress International Artistic, celebrated in Rome during the months of July and August of 1911, being named Member of the International Standing Committee.5
In Italy he made numerous portraits of Italian high society, until by the political situation of Italy returned to Spain in 1922. He obtained by opposition the chair of drawing of Jaén, and in 1926 happened to occupy the direction of the School of Arts and Crafts of the same locality.6
In Jaén his first wife and his parents died, but he achieved great social notoriety, portraying numerous personages of the public life. Among his pupils at that time were painters such as Rufino Martos, Luis Espinar and Pedro Márquez. In 1931 he was appointed director and restorer of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts of Jaén.7
Moved to Madrid in 1932, where he contracted marriage for the second time with Carmen Gómez in 1941,8 and then moved to Barcelona in 1942. He was forced to stop his official pictorial activity in 1950 due to vision problems, although he even painted one Last picture, Port of Barcelona (1965).
He died in Huelva in 1973, and by express wish his remains were transferred to Jaén, where they rest next to those of his first wife and parents.
At present, the School of Arts and Crafts of Jaén is called in its honor "School of Arts and Crafts José Nogué".
Works
Painting
Main Category: Paintings by José Nogué Massó
Of his pictorial work, landscapes and portraits stand out, besides some still life of extraordinary quality. His works are in the Museum of Jaén, Museum of Modern Art of Tarragona, Museum of Fine Arts of Badajoz and Museum of the Prado.
Men's Nude (1900)
Girl with Lighthouse (1902)
Calvary of Sagunto (1903)
Self-portrait I (1903)
The Sphinx of Roscoff (1910)
Portrait of the sculptor José Capuz (1910)
The Village Fool (1915)
Franciscan Land (1919)
Self-portrait II (1919)
Spring on the French Riviera (1922)
The Cathedral of Jaén (1924)
The Spring of Banyalbufar
Port of Barcelona (1965)
Stained glass windows
Cartons for the realization of the stained glass windows of the Spanish Chapel of San Joaquin (Rome)
Models for the stained glass of the Hall of Sessions of the Diputación de Jaén.
Exhibitions
Throughout its artistic life, it celebrated numerous exhibitions, some of the most outstanding were:
1914: GIossi Gallery, Rome.
1916: Gallery of the Guzzo, Rome.
1918: GIossi Gallery, Rome.
1919: Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona, Barcelona.
1919: Galleries Layetanas, Barcelona.
1920: Mayestic Hall, Bilbao.
1921: Gallery d'Arte, Rome.
1921: Gallery Borgonuovo, Milan.
1923: Galleries Layetanas, Barcelona.
1924: Hall of the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid.
Awards
He attended in Madrid numerous contests of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, in which he obtained in the years indicated the following prizes:
1904: Honorable Mention for a pastel portrait.
1906: Third Class Medal for his portrait of An Old Lady.
1910: Third Class Medal for its landscape The Apennines
1912: Decoration proposed by the jury for its Aldeanos Ciocianos oil.
1922: Medal of Second Class for its oil Spring on the French Riviera.
1960: Special Prize of the Third Class in recognition of his career.
References
«Nogué Massó, José». National Museum of the Prado. Consulted the 17 of March of 2017.
Luzón Nogué, José Maria; Viribay Abad, Miguel; Kayser Zapata, Manuel; Chicharro Chamorro, José Luis (2000). José Nogué, a retrospective look. Jaén: Provincial Museum of Jaén. P. 35. OCLC 81772776.
González Llàcer, Jordi; Nogué Vallejo, José; Ricomà i Vendrell, Francesc Xavier (1990). Diccionari Ràfols, ed. José Nogué Massó. 1880-1973. Barcelona: Ed. Catalanes. P. 63. ISBN 9788486719333. OCLC 802855330.
González Llàcer, Jordi; Nogué Vallejo, José; Ricomà i Vendrell, Francesc Xavier (1990). Diccionari Ràfols, ed. José Nogué Massó. 1880-1973. Barcelona: Ed. Catalanes. P. 19. ISBN 9788486719333. OCLC 802855330.
González Llàcer, Jordi; Nogué Vallejo, José; Ricomà i Vendrell, Francesc Xavier (1990). Diccionari Ràfols, ed. José Nogué Massó. 1880-1973. Barcelona: Ed. Catalanes. P. 20. ISBN 9788486719333. OCLC 802855330.
Luzon Nogué, José María; Viribay Abad, Miguel; Kayser Zapata, Manuel; Chicharro Chamorro, José Luis (2000). José Nogué, a retrospective look. Jaén: Provincial Museum of Jaén. P. 25. OCLC 81772776.
Viribay Abad, Miguel (2011). «Approximation to painting in Jaén: 1900-1960» (PDF). In Institute of Studies Giennenses. Bulletin Instituto de Estudios Giennenses (Jaén: Diputación de Jaén) (204): 367-427. ISSN 0561-3590. OCLC 806741959. Retrieved on March 17, 2017.
González Llàcer, Jordi; Nogué Vallejo, José; Ricomà i Vendrell, Francesc Xavier (1990). Diccionari Ràfols, ed. José Nogué Massó. 1880-1973. Barcelona: Ed. Catalanes. P. 48. ISBN 9788486719333. OCLC 802855330.
Bibliography
González Llàcer, Jordi; Nogué Vallejo, José; Ricomà i Vendrell, Francesc Xavier (1990). Diccionari Ràfols, ed. José Nogué Massó. 1880-1973. Barcelona: Ed. Catalanes. ISBN 9788486719333. OCLC 802855330.
Luzón Nogué, José María; Viribay Abad, Miguel; Kayser Zapata, Manuel; Chicharro Chamorro, José Luis (2000). José Nogué, a retrospective look. Jaén: Provincial Museum of Jaén. OCLC 81772776.
Nogué Massó, José; Luzon Nogué, José María; Nogué Vallejo, José María (1993). Memories of a painter: the Spanish painting in the change of the nineteenth century to the xx. Tarragona: Museum of Modern Art of Tarragona. ISBN 9788488618061 OCLC 468078953.
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