Biography

Jacinto Salvadó (Mont-Roig 1892 – Him Castellet 1983) is one of the figures most emphasized from the Spanish artists in the Paris of the avant-gardes.

Recognized by numerous exhibitions his trajectory as principal figure of the school of Paris, his work there was considered by the principal critics of the moment-Waldemar George, Uhde and Charensol - as the most promising of that young generation of Spanish who went during the decade of the ten and the twenties up to the French capital.

Painter figurative expressionist inscribed in one of the most popular currents of the Europe later to the First World war, his work was exhibited in the principal-Tulleries lounges, Automne - and in the most important galleries of the city, along with other out-standing artists as Grommaire, Lanskoy, Soutine or Rouault.

Of his contact with Max Bill, Arp, Leuppi, Herbin and so many people others there was born a geometric painting of big attraction that led him to being one of the first participants in the lounges of Realités Nouvelles.

From the eighties there has begun a slow but constant recovery of his figure for the most important critics of our country, with numerous texts and exhibitions that endorse his trajectory, emphasizing the sample that dedicated the Museum Reigns Sofia in 2002 or the most

recent antológica in the Museum of Contemporary

Art of Tarragona.

• 1892. Born in Mont-Roig. Suffers from blackwater fever. Afterwards he relocates in Barcelona with his uncle.

• 1907-1909. He attends the Fine Arts school of La Lonja. First travel to Paris (staying for one year)

• 1910. Attempt to travel from France to USA in order to become an actor.

• 1914. He settled in Marsella with a girlfriend from Gandía. He joins the freemasonry.

• 1921. Exhibition in Dalmau.

• 1922. He meets Derain and becomes his assistant for one year.

• 1923. He makes poses for Picasso, known as “Arlequins”.

• 1924. He signs a contract with the Bing gallery where he exhibits his work from 1927 to 1929. Also makes exhibitions in the “Salón de Tullerias” and participates in other collective exhibitions.

• 1925. Autumm saloon exhibition.

• 1926. Independents saloon exhibition

• 1928. Relationship with the Swiss dancer Anita Wiskemann.

• 1931. Contract with the Worms-Billet art gallery.

When he returns to Mont-Roig he paints outdoor sceneries (the critics of the time sayed that “he paints snow like nobody else”) and sends his paintings to Switzerland and to a german merchant. He lives in Mont-Roig and Barcelona until 1936.

• 1936. He settles in le Castellet and shows interest in Russian constructivism. Influenced by the geometric shapes and rigorous concepts of Kandinsky, he paints his first abstract work.

• 1940. He settles in Zurick until 1945.

• 1944. Exhibits at the “Galerie Eaux-Vives”.

• 1945. Lives in between le Castellet and París. He participates in a collective exhibition at the Berna museum.

• 1948. Exhibits at the “Salón des Realités Nouvelles”.

• 1961. He makes glass art in Froclaze. Also he shows interest in ceramics.

• 1971. Exhibitions at the “Simone Séller” gallery and “Juana Mordó” gallery until 1981.

• 1983. He dies in “le Castellet” at the age of 91 years old.

Individual expositions

  • 1921. Galeries Dalmau, Barcelone.

  • 1924/1927. Salon des Tuileries, Paris.

  • 1925/1927. Salon d’Automne, Paris.

  • 1925. Exposition. Galerie Bing, Paris.

  • 1925. Galerie Vavin-Raspail, Paris.

  • 1926/1960. Salon des Indépendants, Paris.

  • 1927. Exposition particulière, Galerie Bing, Paris.

  • 1927. Galerie des Quatre Chemins, Paris.

  • 1929. Exposition particulière, Galerie Bing, Paris.

  • 1931. Exposition particulière, Galerie Worms-Billiet, Paris.

  • 1936. Exposition particulière, Galerie Worms-Billiet, Paris.

  • 1936. L’art espagnol contemporain, Jeu de Paume, Paris.

  • 1944. Exposition de groupe, Galerie Eaux Vives, Zurich.

  • 1945. Exposition de groupe, Kunstmuseum, Berne.

  • 1948/1956. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris.

  • 1948. Exposition de groupe, Galerie La Gentilhommière, Paris.

  • 1953. Art abstrait contemporain, Cannes, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence.

  • 1956. Exposition particulière, Galerie Simone Heller. Paris.

  • 1957. Biennale de Menton.

  • 1959/60. Salon Comparaisons, Paris.

  • 1960. Exposition particulière, Galerie Saint-Honoré, Paris.

  • 1961. Exposition particuliere, Galerie Saint-Luc, Paris.

  • 1961. Vitraux et céramique. Église de La Forclaz (Savoie). (Architecte: Maurice Novarina).

  • 1962. Exposition de groupe. Dublin. 1968. Exposition de groupe. Galerie Le Navire, Villefranche-sur-Mer.

  • 1968. Exposition particulière. Chateauvlion, Toulon.

  • 1971. Exposition particulière. Galerie Simone Heller, Paris.

  • 1972. Exposition particulière. Galerie Simone Heller, Paris.

  • 1973. Exposition particulière. Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid.

  • 1974. Exposition particuliere. Galerie Simone Heller, Paris.

  • 1975. Exposition particulière. Galería Italia, Alicante.

  • 1976. 30 peintres espagnols”. Galerie Suillerot, Paris.

  • 1976. Exposition particulière. Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid.

  • 1977. Exposition particulière. Maison de la Culture de Belleville, Paris.

  • 1977. Exposition particulière. Galerie Simone Heller, Paris.

  • 1977. Exposition particulière. Galería Joan de Serrallonga, Barcelone.

  • 1977. Exposition particulière. Galerie Raph, Paris.

  • 1978. Exposition particulière. Galería Valle Ortí, Valencia.

  • 1978. Exposition de groupe. Galería Italia, Alicante.

  • 1978. Exposition particulière. Galerie Carmen Martínez, Paris.

  • 1978. Exposition particulière. Galerie Raph, Paris.

  • 1979. Exposition particulière. Galerie Raph, Paris.

  • 1980. Exposition de groupe. Service Culturel Municipal, Venissieux-Lyon.

  • 1981. Exposition particulière. Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid.

  • 1982. Exposition particulière. Galería Goya, Saragosse.

  • 1982. Exposition particulière. Galerie Heyraud-Bresson, Paris.

  • 1982. FIAC, Paris (Galerie Heyraud-Bresson).

  • 1982. Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris.

  • 1982. Tendances de la peinture abstraite contemporaine. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

  • 1982. Art catalan contemporain. Centre Culturel Pierre Bayle, Besançon.

  • 1983. Les tendances de l’art abstrait contemporain, Saint-Nazaire.

  • 1983. Exposition particulière. Galeria Sâo Francisco, Lisbonne.

  • 1986. Art construit. Espace Belleville, Paris.

  • 1987. Peintres espagnols de Paris: Petits maîtres, grands artistes. Galerie Actis, Paris.

  • 1992. Exposition particulière. Galerie Michel Rasche, Greiburg I. Br.

  • 1994. Exposition particulière. Sala Dalmau, Barcelone.

  • 1995. Exposition particulière. Galería Italia, Alicante.

  • 1995. Arco 95, Madrid (Galería Italia).

  • 1999. Exposition particulière Galería Muro. Valencia.

  • 1999. Rétrospective. Pía Almoina. Barcelone.

  • 1999. Exposition particulière. Sala Dalmau, Barcelone.

  • 2001. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2002. Rétrospective. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.

  • 2003. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro. Valencia.

  • 2003. Exposition particulière. Sala Dalmau, Barcelona.

  • 2004. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2005. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2005. Rétrospective. Museo de Arte Moderno de Tarragona.

  • 2008. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2011. Exposition particulière. Sala Dalmau, Barcelone.

  • 2012. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2013. Exposition particuliere. Galerie Muro. Valencia.

  • 2015. Exposition particulière. Sala Dalmau, Barcelone.

  • 2015. Exposition particulière. Galería Muro, Valencia.

  • 2015. Rétrospective. Instituto Cervantes, Paris.

Selection of collective exhibitions

  • 1924. Exposition. Galerie Joseph Billiet, Paris.

  • 1924.Exposition. "Les Amis de Rooker" in de Zaal Heystee, Amsterdam

  • 1925. Exposition de groupe. Galerie Bing, Paris.

  • 1925/1960. Exposition. Salon de la Société des Artistes Indepéndants, Paris.

  • 1926. Exposition. Galería Fritz Gurlitt, Berlín.

  • 1926. Exposition. Galerie Art Contemporain, Paris.

  • 1926. Exposition. Galerie Bing, Paris.

  • 1926. Exposition. Galerie Joseph Billiet, Paris.

  • 1298. Exposition. Galerie Dalpayrat, Limoges.

  • 1928. Exposition L'Art Français a Moscou. Galerie D'État Tretjakov, Moscou.

  • 1930. Exposition. Zaklada Tiskare Naroddnih Novina, Zagreb.

  • 1932. Exposition. Saló de Monjuïc, Palau Nacional, Barcelona.

  • 1933. Exposition. Rockefeller Center, New York.

  • 1934. Exposition des Artistes Révolutionaires, Paris.

  • 1935. Exposition. Maison de la Culture, Paris.

  • 1936. Exposition. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of modern Art, Dublin.

  • 1944. Loan Exibition of Modern continental Paintings. Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.

  • 1950. "Recherches nouvelles". Galerie Doucet, Paris.

  • 1976. "Spanische Avantgarde 1920-1938. Galerie Bargera, Köln

  • 1977. Exposition. Galerie Raph, Paris.

  • 1995. Exposition. Galeria Muro, Valencia.

  • 1997. Exposition. Galeria Muro, Valencia.

  • 1999. Exposition. Galeria Muro, Valencia.

  • 1999. 75 Years of Giving: The Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, RHA Gallager Gallery and the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.

  • 2001/2016. Exposition. Galeria Muro, Valencia.

  • 2019. Vanguardias. Sala Dalmau, Barcelona.

Exhibitions in Germany

  • July 1926. Berlin Collective exhibition at the Fritz Gurlitt Gallery

  • December 1987 - February 1988. Mannheim - Entartete Kunts, Beschlagnahmeaktion in der Städtischen Kunsthalle Mannheim, at the Kunsthalle Mannheim

  • April 1989 - June 1989. Köln - Exhibition Masterpieces from the Jose Haubrich Collection, Museum Ludwig Köln.

Jacinto Salvadó and his wife Anita Wiskeman