Lola Anglada

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Anglada and the second or maternal family name is Sarriera; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Lola Anglada
Portrait of Lola Anglada
Portrait of Lola Anglada
Born1893 (1893)
Barcelona
Died1984 (aged 90–91)
Tiana
Education

Dolors Anglada i Sarriera [1](Catalan pronunciation: [ˈlɔlə əŋˈɡlaðə]; 1893, in Barcelona – 1984, in Tiana, Province of Barcelona), commonly known as Lola Anglada, was a Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator.

Biography[]

Born to a Barcelona family with strong roots in Tiana, she studied at with Joan Llaverias and Antoni Utrillo who helped Anglada get her first exposure in the Sala Parés and in the weekly magazine ¡Cu-Cut!, which published her drawings. Later, and for a short period, would enter the academy Francesc d' A. Galí, where he met Joan Miró and , with the latter establishing close friendships both personally and artistically

At the end of World War I Anglada traveled to Paris thanks to a French Government scholarship, collaborating with several publishing companies there, where she corresponded with Francesc Macià or Josep Clarà. Infused with democratic values and the Catalanist cause, she organized a request of amnesty for the accused participants in the Garraf Plot against the King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Porcelain doll dressed in vintage, 1877. Doll and Toy Collection Lola Anglada. Can Llopis Romantic Museum, Sitges, Barcelona

During the Spanish Civil War, she joined the UGT and collaborated in the , with the latter published in the Spanish Civil War (1937) that perhaps its most iconic and recognized Tale: The smallest of all. Once the war ended, she settled permanently in Tiana, a town in the Maresme region near Barcelona, in the farm family resort where she died on 12 September 1984.

Artistic works[]

Versatile, with excellent drawing technique, great sensitivity and a strong Catalanist, Lola Anglada is considered the last of the classical Catalan illustrators of the 20th century[2]and one of the most important writers of the pre-war era.

She collaborated with several children's magazines, including En Jordi, En Patufet,[3] La Nuri (set up by Anglada herself) and . The character that she made most well-known, "El més petit de tots" ("the smallest of all of them"), is a symbol of Catalan national identity of that period.[4]


Awards and legacy[]

In 1975, she was awarded the Medal of Cultural Merit of the Diputació de Barcelona; in 1980 with the Medal of the Promotion of the Decorative Arts; and in 1981 with the Creu de Sant Jordi, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. She gave her collection of dolls to the Diputació de Barcelona, which installed it in the Romantic Museum of Sitges.

Appointed adoptive daughter of Tiana, the village has also named its private primary school after her. There are also Educational Institutions Lola Anglada[5] in Badalona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Martorell, Esplugues de Llobregat, Vilafranca del Penedès and Lloret de Mar.

Between 1984 and 2003, she granted herself the Prize Lola Anglada of brief stories for boys and girls, summoned by the and the Town Council of Terrassa.

Her personal collection is preserved in the .

Works[]

  • Contes del Paradís, 1920
  • En Peret, 1928, illustrated by herself.
  • Margarida, 1929 illustrated by herself.
  • Monsenyor Llangardaix, 1929
  • Narcís, 1930
  • El més petit de tots, 1937 illustrated by herself.
  • La Barcelona dels nostres avis, 1949
  • La meva casa i el meu jardí, 1958
  • Martinet, 1960

References[]

  1. ^ Lola Anglada - Great Catalan Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Diccionario de pintores y escultores españoles del siglo XX. Forum Artis. 1994. p. 156. ISBN 978-84-88836-01-4.
  3. ^ "Maria Dolors Anglada i Sarriera. illustrator".
  4. ^ Dels fons a la superfície. Obres d'artistes catalanes contemporànies anteriors a la dictadura franquista. Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison. 2008. pp. 33-34 and 79. ISBN 97884612-2004-5.
  5. ^ Educational Institutions with the name of Lola Anglada (in Catalan)

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