Francesc Torrescassana; portrait by Ramón Martí AlsinaPeasant Woman in a Landscape
Francesc Torrescassana i Sallarés (1845, Barcelona - 1 March 1918, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter; primarily of landscapes.
Biography
From 1859 to 1865, he attended the Escola de la Llotja in Barcelona, where he studied with Ramón Martí Alsina, and had his first showing in 1864 at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. It is not known if he received a stipend to continue his studies in Rome, but he likely went to Paris, where two of his works were presented at the Exposition Universelle in 1867. Two years later, he travelled to the Suez Canal, to attend the opening ceremonies and paint the first Spanish ship to cross through.[1]
He was a regular exhibitor at the Sala Parés and, from 1891, the Exposición General de Bellas Artes en Barcelona.[2] Although his initial presentation was well-received, the large history painting he featured at the exposition of 1894 was criticized for being overambitious and unnatural.[3]
^Marín Silvestre, María Isabel, "La Exposición Internacional de Arte del centenario de Buenos Aires el año 1910. El Cercle Artístic de Barcelona como delegado de Catalunya", in: XV Congreso Nacional de Historia del Arte, Palma, 2004, v.2, ISBN84-838-4062-6, p. 848.