11ª JORNADA MERCAT DE L’ART, COL·LECCIONISME I MUSEUS
SITGES 14 OCTOBER 2022
This Conference is an initiative to deepen the study of art collecting in Catalonia and tries to awaken curiosity about collectors and about their links with the art market, a problem that has been very little analyzed by historiography, even the most recent. The meeting takes place again in Sitges, where two of its most important heritage spaces represent two important milestones in the history of collecting in our country: Rusiñol's Cau Ferrat and Charles Deering's Maricel.
The donation of the art collection of Santiago Rusiñol upon his death in 1931 was not the first received by the museums of Catalonia, it had been preceded by Camil Fabra Marquès d'Alella in 1902, Enric Batlló and Batlló in 1914, Josep Font i Gumà in 1922, or Emili Cabot i Rovira in 1924, among others that we could also cite. Rusiñol was, however, the first to bequeath to us the entirety of his efforts, the Cau Ferrat, where the content and the continent are presented -and have endured!- in a perfect symbiosis. He was the first to offer us a collector's space. Others came later: Marés, Pérez Rosales, Deu, Abelló, Godia, Mascort, Daurella, Sorigué, Bassat or Vila Casas. Others have been lost along the way, such as Maricel de Deering himself.
The collector's museum is a unique typology that brings us directly to the intense activity of its creator in finding and rescuing pieces in the art market.Their study can give us very valuable information about the evolution of taste and about attitudes towards the objects of the past.
SPEAKERS
Fernando Alcolea, Art Historian: The chimera of success: the artistic trade between Spain and the United States (1850-1950).
Eric Forcada, Art Historian. The Museum of Perpignan, the first Museum of Fine Arts in the Catalan Countries.
Nadia Hernández Heche, Art Historian: Portrait of a faceless collector: the Suñol collection.
Francesc Miralpeix, UdG: Seizures, claims and recoveries. The records of the SDPAN as a source for the study of bourgeois collecting in the first half of the 20th century in Catalonia.
Rafael Cornudella The collection of canon Josep Vallet (1833-1909) and the creation of the Barcelona Cathedral Museum.
Ester Baron and Sara Vila Gomà, Art Historians: Fernando Benet Rasbó (1880-1954): the collector painter. The work of a life dedicated to art.
Laia Soler, Art Historian: Carmen Gil Llopart: bibliophile collecting on fashion.
PROGRAM
9.30 a.m. Welcome and presentation of the volume of the 10th Day of 2021
10:00 a.m. Fernando Alcolea The chimera of success: artistic trade between Spain and the United States (1850-1950).
10.30 a.m. Eric Forcada. The Museum of Perpignan, the first Museum of Fine Arts in the Catalan Countries.
11:00 a.m. Nadia Hernández Henche: Portrait of a faceless collector: the Suñol collection.
11.30 a.m. Coffee break
12.15 pm Francesc Miralpeix. Seizures, claims and recoveries.The records of the SDPAN as a source for the study of bourgeois collecting in the first half of the 20th century in Catalonia.
12.45 p.m. Rafael Cornudella. The collection of canon Josep Vallet (1833-1909) and the creation of the Barcelona Cathedral Museum.
1.15 pm Debate
2.00 pm Lunch break (free)
4.30 pm Ester Baron and Sara Vila Gomà. Fernando Benet Rasbó (1880-1954): the collector painter. The work of a life dedicated to art.
5 p.m. Laia Soler Carmen Gil Llopart: bibliophile collecting about fashion.
17.30 Debate and closure
Registration:
• Free registration.
• Limited capacity.
• The day will be recorded in streaming through the social networks of the Sitges Museums.
• Those who wish to attend in person can register from September 12.
Registrations:
www.museusdesitges.cat
Tel. 93.894.03.64
Palace of Maricel
Carrer Fonollar, Sitges