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Lot description
JOSEP OBIOLS PALAU (Barcelona, 1894 - 1967). "Labour", 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the upper left corner. Signed, dated and titled on the back. Measurements: 65 x 53 cm; 90 x 76 cm (frame). A painter, draughtsman and engraver, José Obiols was a disciple of Joaquín Torres García at the School of Decoration in Barcelona, and a member of the Agrupación Courbet and the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc, as well as an academician of Fine Arts. An outstanding representative of Noucentisme, he took part in the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition, painting the interiors of the National Palace of Montjuic, was a teacher and produced numerous illustrations for books and magazines. During the war he designed paper money for the Department of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He is currently represented in the Biblioteca de Catalunya and other public and private collections.