What joy!

This work belongs to the artist’s early period during which he was influenced, both in terms of subject matter and treatment, by the modernist aesthetic of Catalan artists, Nogué having met some of them at various events and exhibitions. José Nogué Massó (1880-1973) He was trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, completed his studies at the Spanish School of Rome and lived in Italy until 1923, when he moved to Jaen as a professor of drawing; he was also a teacher in Madrid and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona. His work, framed within realist lines, is notable for great technical skill and special attention to the effects of light.