Xavier Gosé i Rovira

He moved to Barcelona at a young age and studied at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, while also training with the realist sketcher Josep Lluís Pellicer.
He stood out for his skill at line work and stroke work, and soon evolved towards Modernisme, seen in the Japonism in his compositions, his use of colour and the use of the wavy line "whiplash" motif. He started out working as an illustrator for various weekly magazines such as L'Esquella de la Torratxa, Quatre Gats and La Saeta.
In 1900 he left for Paris, where, after a difficult initial period in which he had to confine himself to drawing essentially the "flamenco dancer" theme, he gradually began to specialise in humorous cartoons and achieved much success with his renderings of bohemian Paris. While still working as a cartoonist, he also employed the same style in his posters. He gradually began to contribute to top rank French magazines such as Le Rire and Le Témoin, and leading German magazines. He returned to Barcelona for brief periods to exhibit at Sala Parés (Petritxol, 5).
In 1912, at the end of his career, he turned to fashion and his drawings moved away from the Modernista style, becoming more geometrical and stylised.