Eusebi Planas

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Eusebi Planas i Franquesa (1833, Barcelona - 13 March 1897, Barcelona)[1]) was a Catalan graphic artist, lithographer and watercolorist.

Life and work[]

His family wanted him to study law, but his artistic inclinations prevailed, and he found work with a lithographer. He later enrolled at the Escola de la Llotja and took classes at a private academy. In 1849, he went to Paris to perfect his techniques, under the direction of  [fr]. He soon began working for the art dealer and publisher, Adolphe Goupil, providing him with illustrations and lithographs of paintings.[2]

In 1854, a cholera epidemic made him decide to return to Barcelona, where he continued to produce illustrations; notably for The Three Musketeers and Les Misérables. He also made enhancements to photographs, as well as posters and flyers for public and private events.[2] In addition, he is credited with documenting notable feminine prototypes for beauty, in such works as Historia de Una Mujer (History of a Woman, 1880).

While being praised for certain images of women, he also became infamous for two series of erotic and pornographic scenes; El Noble Arte del Billar and El Noble Juego del Tresillo (Literally translated; "The Noble Art of Billiards" and "The Noble Game of Triplets"); issued anonymously.[3] Some satirical drawings were signed with the pseudonym "Felipó".[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Registre de Defuncions de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona, any 1897, número de registre 2132.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Biographie d'Eusebi Planas i Franquesa". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan). Retrieved 13 November 2015..
  3. ^ Jean Louis Guereña, "Un infierno catalán. Apuntes para una bibliografía de publicaciones eróticas catalanas clandestinas", In: Scripta (Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna), Vol.3, 2014 (Online)

Further reading[]

  • DDAA, La col·lecció Raimon Casellas, Exhibition catalog, Publicacions del Mnac/ Museo del Prado, 1992 ISBN 84-87317-21-9
  • Salvador Bori, Tres maestros del lápiz de la Barcelona ochocentista, Padró, Planas, Pellicer, Millà, 1945
  • Pilar Vélez, "Eusebi Planas (1833-1897): La il·lustració vuitcentista barcelonina", In: Butlletí de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi,1996 (Online)

External links[]

Media related to Eusebi Planas at Wikimedia Commons

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