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AGAPITO ABARCA CASAS | View of Camprodon
Oil on Board
14½" x 16¼" / 37 x 41 cms
Agapito Abarca Casas's works always focus on the interplay of bold light and shadow, creating a luminous atmosphere through the use of highly saturated colours. Here Casas has depicted Camprodon, a small town in the comarca of Ripollès in Girona, Spain. The warm, vibrant colours of the town are delicately captured reflecting in the river.
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Agapito Casas Abarca, born in Barcelona in 1874, was defined by a childhood steeped in the arts. With two famous sculptors as uncles, Abarca was introduced to painting almost from infancy. The Barcelona of the early 20th century was a vibrant centre of the arts; a progressive bastion of art nouveau and modernism within a still archaic Spain.
This milieu offered Abarca the opportunity to train and exhibit frequently with other young artists, honing his favoured subjects: Catalan landscapes, the neighbourhoods of Barcelona, and particularly the coastal town of Sitges. Whether in pastoral or urban scenes, the artist’s works always focused on the interplay of bold light and shadow, creating a luminous atmosphere through the use of highly saturated colours.
His paintings in and around Sitges, which catalogue its beautiful patios and gardens, saw Abarca receive national recognition for his nuanced exploration of the town across seventy years of works.
