ANGLADA-CAMARASA, ARABESCO Y SEDUCCION

Madrid: Museo Carmen Thyssen, 2012. 27cm., hardcover, 201pp. prof. illus., 92 color plates. Spanish-English text. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: The exhibition Anglada-Camarasa. Arabesque and Seduction presents a survey of the image of women in the work of Hermen Anglada-Camarasa (Barcelona, 1871 – Port de Pollença, 1959), one of the most important modern Catalan artists of the first decade of the 20th century and an internationally renowned figure. Featuring an extensive selection of works, the majority loaned from the Anglada-Camarasa Collection of Fundación “la Caixa”, in addition to key pieces from the Masaveu Collection, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Montes-González Collection and the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, among others, this exhibition presents Anglada-Camarasa’s career through an analysis of his depiction of the female figure.