The Adolf Fargnoli exhibition, extended until April 20

Thursday, February 15, 2024

After Casa Masó it will be presented at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona

The good reception of the exhibition "Adolf Fargnoli (1890-1951). From Noucentisme to the avant-garde" has made us decide to extend it until Saturday 20 April.

Yesterday the National Museum of Art of Catalonia (MNAC) announced the program of the upcoming exhibitions and that the exhibition on Fargnoli will be presented in the rooms of the permanent collection of modern art from June 14 to October 20, 2024.

The exhibition presents the work of an artist of Italian origin, discovered by the architect Rafael Masó, who was one of the great names of Girona's Noucentisme. A virtuoso of wood carving, he was famous for the unique and refined caskets with metal applications and silk-lined interiors, which he used to give a poetic name. Fifty national and international exhibitions between 1918 and 1933 explain how Fargnoli, admired by critics, artists and intellectuals, became a myth of nineteenth-century Girona.

But in 1932 the craftsman from Girona became a designer fascinated by Hollywood aesthetics. Settled in Barcelona, ​​he developed the "D'Annali" creations there, a line of women's jewelery that did not become a reality. In 1933, an emotional crisis and his bohemian nature led him to a deep depression. Despite his personal literary work, the war and post-war period meant a creative decline, except for a brief recovery around 1945. He died quietly in 1951.

MNAC will present an expanded version of the exhibition that can be seen in Girona, with works by other artists from Rafael Masó's circle.