Martí Casadevall i Mombardó

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“El Cucut i la Xurruca”, the figures originally modeled by Martí Casadevall here in a depiction by the cartoonist Tavi Algueró with other popular figures from the city of Olot, 2015

Martí Casadevall i Mombardó , often briefly Martí Casadevall , (* 1886 in Olot , † 1968 in Olot) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and sculptor.

Casadevall studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Escola de Belles Arts d'Olot under Josep Berga i Boix . He showed himself to be highly gifted in drawing and especially in sculpture. He already worked in the Berga i Boix studio during his training. In 1903 he joined the company "Las Artes Religiosas", a factory for religious handicrafts owned by J. Sacrest in Olot. For this company he modeled the figures "El Cucut i la Xurruca" in 1906 based on an idea by the draftsman Cornet, a couple who became the company symbol for the studio and the symbolic figure for the Olotens district of Sant Ferriol. In 1916 he moved to the art company "El Arte Christiana". In 1919 he founded his own atelier "Renaciemiento". In 1934 he replaced Iu Pascual in the management of the Escola Menor de Belles Arts i Oficis (School of Fine Arts and Crafts) in Olot . He headed this school until 1951.

literature

  • Joaquim Danés i Torras : Història d'Olot, Volume XXI, Olot 2000, ISBN 84-400-2646-3 , chapter "L'Escola Menor de Belles Arts i Oficis", page 4080, there a brief appreciation by Martí Casadevall i Mombardó as an excellent sculptor, who unfortunately only had a few years of apprenticeship with Josep Berga i Boix, since he died in 1914.
  • Ajuntament d'Olot, Museu Comarcal Olot (editor): Directors de l'Escola, Obres i Etapes, Escola de Belles Arts 1783 - 1983 (Edicions Municipals No 21), Olot 1983, 32 unnumbered pages, exhibition catalog from 1983 in Catalan, from page 24 "Martí Casadevall, Director de l'Escola 1934 - 1951"
  • Josep Maria Canals: Diccionari Biogràfic d'Olot; Article Casadevall i Mombardó, Martí . Ed .: Ajuntament d'Olot. 1st edition. Olot 2015, OCLC 943687866 , p. 103 (Catalan).

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SURNAME Casadevall i Mombardó, Martí
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casadevall, Marti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan painter, sculptor and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Olot
DATE OF DEATH 1968
Place of death Olot