MATEO BALASCH MATEU (San Andrés del Palomar, Barcelona,... Lot 1

MATEO BALASCH MATEU (San Andrés del Palomar, Barcelona, 1870 - Barcelona, 1936). "Interior of tavern". Rome, 1891. Oil on canvas. Signed and located in the lower right corner. Measurements: 89 x 42 cm; 108 x 62 cm (frame). Mateo Balasch studied in the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi, in Barcelona, and in Italy with Antonio Mancini. He made his debut in 1892 in the Sala Parés, obtaining a success that was enough for the City Council of Barcelona to grant him a pension to extend his studies in Rome and Paris. Later he went to Buenos Aires to carry out a commission, also exhibiting his work in Montevideo. During the following years he also worked in Milan, Havana and New York, returning definitively to Barcelona in 1913. He took part in the Fine Arts Exhibitions of Barcelona in 1894, 1898, 1920 and 1923, being awarded prizes, as well as in some exhibitions in Madrid and abroad. In 1897 he obtained an honorable mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid. Mateo Balasch is represented in the Museums of Contemporary Art of Barcelona and Madrid, as well as in several other European and American museums.