Museum of Reus: Tapiró

The Museum of Reus (Raval de Santa Anna, 59) devotes the first part of 2014 to honor the figure of the painter Josep Tapiró (Reus, 1836 - Tangier, 1913  to mark the centenary of his death. Specifically divided into two time blocks exhibition offers:

• From January 23 to April 5: Tapiró (Reus, 1836 - Tangier, 1913)»
• From April 9 to May 31: Tapiró painter in Rome"

The exhibition is curated by Professor of Art History at the URV, Jordi Àngel Carbonell and is divided into three areas: the formation stage, stay in Rome and the time of Tangier.

In total, 64 works by the artist will be presented, many of them from private collections and some museum institutions, like the three pieces of the funds of the Municipal Institute of Museums Reus ('Girlfriend, "Gnawi " and "Children under the porch").

Tapiró, a great artist of the nineteenth century

Josep Tapiró and has been one of the most significant and recognized artists of our nineteenth-century art. The watercolors made in Rome between 1863 and 1876 were appreciated by the virtuous and careful style. The picturesque looks and compelling expression of his popular types led him to commercial success. Later, in 1877, became the first mainland painter who established his residence in the city of Tangier.

From this place he made an approach to the North African society, which resulted in the painting in a realistic rigor, which sometimes became their creations in real testimonial documents. Despite receiving significant international recognition and be considered one of the Orientalist painters capital internationally, since his death, and for various reasons, has suffered an undeserved oblivion.

Hours Museu de Reus:
Tuesday to Saturday from 11 to 20 h.

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