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Eusebi Planas i Franquesa (1833, Barcelona - 13 March 1897, Barcelona)) was a Catalan graphic artist, lithographer and watercolorist.
Life and work
His family wanted him to study law, but his artistic inclinations prevailed, and he found work with a lithographer. He later enrolled at the Escola de la Llotja and took classes at a private academy. In 1849, he went to Paris to perfect his techniques, under the direction of Émile Lassalle. He soon began working for the art dealer and publisher, Adolphe Goupil, providing him with illustrations and lithographs of paintings.
In 1854, a cholera epidemic made him decide to return to Barcelona, where he continued to produce illustrations; notably for The Three Musketeers and Les Misérables. He also made enhancements to photographs, as well as posters and flyers for public and private events. In addition, he is credited with documenting notable feminine prototypes for beauty, in such works as Historia de Una Mujer (History of a Woman, 1880).
While being praised for certain images of women, he also became infamous for two series of erotic and pornographic scenes; El Noble Arte del Billar and El Noble Juego del Tresillo (Literally translated; "The Noble Art of Billiards" and "The Noble Game of Triplets"); issued anonymously. Some satirical drawings were signed with the pseudonym "Felipó".
References
Further reading
DDAA, La col·lecció Raimon Casellas, Exhibition catalog, Publicacions del Mnac/ Museo del Prado, 1992 ISBN 84-87317-21-9
Salvador Bori, Tres maestros del lápiz de la Barcelona ochocentista, Padró, Planas, Pellicer, Millà, 1945
Pilar Vélez, "Eusebi Planas (1833-1897): La il·lustració vuitcentista barcelonina", In: Butlletí de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi,1996 (Online)
External links
Media related to Eusebi Planas at Wikimedia Commons