Núria Llimona i Raymat

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Wall painting by Nuria Llimona i Raymat in the apse of the Romanesque monastery church Monestir de Sant Joan les Fonts (Sant Joan les Fonts, north-east Catalonia)

Núria Llimona i Raymat (born March 17, 1917 in Barcelona ; † January 12, 2011 ibid) was a Catalan painter from the Barcolonese artist dynasty Llimona. Her style is described as post-impressionist, naive-constructive. Nuria Llimona was the penultimate of a total of ten children of Joan Llimona i Bruguera from his second marriage to Maria Raymat and a niece of Josep Llimona i Bruguera . Together with her older sister Mercè Llimona i Raymat , she followed in the artistic footsteps of her father and uncle. She was the artistic teacher of her nephew, the draftsman Joan Granados i Llimona , in his childhood.

life and work

Núria Llimona completed her artistic training at the Llotja in Barcelona. She was primarily a landscape painter. But she also painted interiors and urban motifs. The people depicted in these works are mostly depicted in a leisure situation such as going for a walk or drinking coffee. This theme comes from the Impressionist tradition. In her works, small, simple details of the quiet moments of life are presented in a simple, naive-constructivist, post-impressionist way. The cityscapes of Barcelona are famous.

Núria Llimona also created religious wall paintings in three churches: in the apse of the Romanesque monastery church of Sant Joan les Fonts , in Les Escaldes in Andorra and in the church of the Masies Catalanes settlement in Tarragona . In these works, the influence of her naive-constructivist style by art elements of the Catalan Romanesque can be seen .

Núria Llimona has also illustrated books. She published the book Las brujas (The Witches) in 1995 and El crit del silenci (The Scream of Silence) in 1996 . In both works she published her own, socially critical black and white drawings from 1974, to which texts by Catalan and Spanish writers ( Josep Maria Ainaud de Lasarte , Carme Alcalde , Federico García Lorca ) and the politician Manuel Azaña were added. Núria Llimona was President of the 9th and 10th Women's Salon of Contemporary Art in Barcelona.

Núria Llimona traveled almost all of Catalonia for her painting. She was born in 1917 in the Eixample district of Barcelona , lived, worked and died there in 2011. Numerous works by Llimona reproduce motifs from this Barcelona district.

Appreciation

In 1940 Núria Llimona had her first individual exhibition. Since then she has been present with exhibitions in the major Barcelona galleries. In addition, she had numerous exhibitions in Catalonia, Spain as a whole and abroad. In 2000 she received the Creu de Sant Jordi and in 2006 the Medalla d'Or de Barcelona . Works by Núria Llimona hang in museums of modern art in Barcelona and Madrid, among others.

literature

  • Enciclopèdia Catalana: Llimona i Raymat, Núria . In: Gran enciclopèdia catalana. 2nd edition 5th reprint 1992. Volume 14 . Enciclopèdia catalana, Barcelona 1987, ISBN 84-7739-011-8 , p. 83 (Catalan).
  • Enciclopèdia.cat: Núria Llimona i Raymat. Retrieved June 11, 2018 (Catalan).

Web links

Commons : Núria Llimona i Raymat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after: Elina Norandi de Armas
personal data
SURNAME Llimona i Raymat, Núria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2011
Place of death Barcelona