Lola Anglada
| Margarida |
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| Lola Anglada , 1928 |
| watercolor |
| Page from book of the same name (1929)
Link to the picture |
Lola Anglada (* 1892 as Maria Dolors Anglada i Sarriera in Barcelona ; † September 12, 1984 in Tiana , Province of Barcelona ) was a Catalan writer , illustrator and cartoonist . She mainly wrote and illustrated children's books.
Life
Lola Anglada was close to the Noucentisme cultural movement in Catalonia, which emerged in the political environment of the Catalan movement Solidaritat Catalana (Catalan Solidarity) founded in 1906 by Enric Prat de la Riba . At the age of 13 she was already drawing for the cartoon magazine ¡Cu Cut! . At the age of 17, her first work appeared in the issue of En Patufet magazine . In 1916 she illustrated an obituary for Oscar Wilde . In 1918 she traveled to Paris, where she worked for numerous French magazines and wrote her first book: Contes del Paradís (Tales of Paradise) was published in 1920 with text and drawings. During the Spanish Civil War she joined the UGT labor movement and worked for the Propaganda Commissariat. After the war she settled permanently in Tiana, province of Barcelona . She died on September 12, 1984 in her family's summer residence.
Works (selection)
- Contes del Paradís , 1920
- En Peret , 1928
- Margarida , 1929
- Monsenyor Llangardaix , 1929
- El més petit de tots , 1937
- La Barcelona dels nostres avis , 1949
- La meva casa i el meu jardí , 1958
- Martinet , 1960
- Les meves nines , 1983
Web links
- Lola Anglada in article of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Catalan).
- on the 25th anniversary of Lola Anglada's death, exhibition in the Biblioteca municipal de Ibiza (press article, Spanish)
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| SURNAME | Anglada, Lola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anglada i Sarriera, Maria Dolors |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan writer, illustrator and cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1984 |
| Place of death | Tiana , Province of Barcelona |