Francesc domingo
By Charlotte Stace
Fundació Vila Casas welcomes an exhibition on the Catalan artist, Francesc Domingo i Segura (Barcelona, 1893 - São Paulo, 1974). In honour of the fiftieth anniversary of his death, an anthological exhibition of his work will be held.
From a young age, he was a catalyst for the Agrupació Courbet, a group of young people who were driven towards the avant-garde by the Noucentist scene and the influence of Paul Cézanne. He was later a member of the Catalan School of Paris and his art is inspired by his admiration for Picasso and an intimate assimilation of Catalan Romanesque Art, which places him in the triad of the Catalan avant-garde: Miró-Dalí-Domingo.
With the onset of the Civil War, he stood fearlessly at the forefront of artists, and his leadership in the Catalan Revolution eventually led to his exile. In São Paulo, he continued to make art as a participant in Brazilian Modernism, until his death in the early 1970s.