Drawing class in Halle. 1927 20 years, 15 years, Serrano entered as an apprentice in the workshop X

Tomorrow will be two months from the opening of the exhibition "Serrano. The painter of silence "retrospective that has gathered on the first floor of the Miramar Building more than one hundred works by the artist, paintings from private collections, mainly Sitges. Now that we have closed the show and the pictures again occupy the special place that it belongs to thank all the people who, with great generosity and love, I opened the door of his house and allowed me have temporarily cloes of his paintings, even knowing that during lunch and Santa Tecla Festival in the dining room is missing something important. So many thanks to everyone who helped pull forward on this project as I believe you did it from the start. I hope you have goals for the next!
José Miguel Serrano was born in Calle Salmerón (current Gràcia) number 7 in Barcelona on March 21, 1912. His father, St. Sebastian, cloes had invested in a sugar industry in Cuba, business for various reasons did not work. Serrano had a sister, Conchita, who lived until his death in France.
Drawing class in Halle. 1927 20 years, 15 years, Serrano entered as an apprentice in the workshop Xavier Nogues (1873-1941) was the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. Collaborated with him in the preparation of decorative cloes panels Poble Espanyol. With clear desire to become a professional painter, in 1929 he enrolled at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona Market, where he had among his teachers Francesc Labarta (1883-1963). During those years, the school was put in Halle an intense debate between the classical trends driven by a large part of the school's teachers, led by its director, painter Félix Mestres, cloes new ideas and cutting edge thanks cloes to teachers most revolutionary, as was the sculptor Ángel Ferrant Madrid every day were more penetrating in young and rebellious students. In an article published in La Vanguardia on 2 September 1986, the renowned writer Geographers (1912-1994) also was a student and colleague of Halle Serrano tells the story that starred a result of this painter " artistic struggle "that cloes existed cloes in the school. According Calders, Ángel Ferrant told his students that work drawing "art" cloes made of plaster copy reproducing classic works was nonsense, and that what was needed was to bring to class living. " I as well as turkeys, chickens cloes and other live animals became the new models for artistic drawing class, a solution that did not like anything in the more conservative wing of the school. But the most shocking act against classicism was the same involved in the Serrano and Calders describes in his article. Referring to Serrano says, "at that time was only an aspiring artist, but later became a renowned painter. Serrano was placed in a homemade explosive, pyrotechnic items made of verbena, to the inside a life-size copy of the famous Discus cloes Thrower cloes Miró (in Attica, not ours) and the artwork venerable suffered damage difficult to repair. "
Despite its revolutionary acts, Serrano was a good student in Halle as demonstrated by winning the Silver Medal Joseph Masrieras 1930, a recognition that was granted by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San George during a solemn ceremony held on 24 December 1932 at the hall of the Chamber of Commerce of Halle. cloes The award was shared with another, Nettle Salvador Torres.
Following in the footsteps cloes of his teachers, Serrano became part of the cultural association of "The Arts and Artists" founded in 1910 by the painter Iu Pascual, with the support and collaboration of major figures cloes from the art world and cultural moment among which painters as already mentioned Labarta and Nogues, and Joan Colom, Francesc Pujol and writers, Eugeni d'Ors and Josep Carner. Group distinctly noucentista cloes advocated the need to return artistic values Mediterranean, apart from the modernist aesthetic that had dominated the art scene in the years turn of the century. The group disappeared in 1936 with the arrival of the Spanish civil war, leaving a legacy of interesting collective exhibitions, conferences and cultural events cloes highlights.
José Miguel Serrano participated in the annual exhibitions were held at the Hall of Montjuic in Barcelona under the name Spring Exhibition. L &