Pau Roig i Cisa
Premià de Mar (1879) - Barcelona (1955)
He trained at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, and then in the workshop of Francesc Torrescasana. He joined the Cercle de Sant Lluc (Circle of Saint Luke), with which he exhibited several times, and went to Madrid, where he became acquainted with Spanish painting. He went to Paris for two years, 1901 and 1902, and exhibited there at the Salon des Indépendents. He also exhibited in Brussels.
He published a great many drawings of scenes of Barcelona and Parisian life in magazines such as Iris, Hispania and L'Esquella de la Torratxa. Outstanding among his pictorial work is the decorative mural painting on a Wagnerian theme which he did for the Cassadó i Moreu musical instruments shop in Barcelona (now the offices of the Catalan autonomous government's Department of Culture and the Media, Palau March, Rambla, 8).
He did most of his engraving at the time he was living in Paris and achieved considerable success with his etchings there.
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