BETWEEN ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO STYLES – Xavier Gosè I Rovira: the creative imprint on a generation of artists

XAVIER GOSE I ROVIRA 1/4 – He provided illstrations for several well-known magazines. Gosé’s oeuvre has been defined as something between modernisme and art deco. A frequent customer at “Els Quatre Gats”, he held an exhibition of his drawings, then, he moved to Paris. XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA 2/4 – The artist was inspired by the everyday of cafès-concert, midinettes, by prostitutes, strollers in the boulevards, by horse racing, sportsmen, and Montmartre. Two years later, he contributed as a caricaturist for two satirical magazines. He also participated in several exhibitions (throughout Spain and in Mexico). XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA 3/4 – His refined and elegant style perfectly caught the essence of the fashion and silhouettes of French society. When World War I began, he returned to Catalonia, and died of tuberculosis. That same year, a retrospective of his work was organized at the “Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona”. Gosé’s artwork could be described as Catalan Modernism and Art Decó. XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA 4/4 – Its refined and elegant colored stroke, made an universe, the aesthetic universe of implants gose. His creative imprint on a generation of artists, they sublimate a time that was overshadowed by the outbreak of the great war, all coinciding with the death of the artist when he was at the peak of his career. You can see more on Meeting Benches, looking for: XAVIER GOSE’ I ROVIRA (1876/1915), SPANISH PAINTER – Between Art Nouveau and Art Déco styles