'Josep Maria de Sucre, Activist and Visionary Artist' Exhibition
15 September 2026 – 17 January 2027 · 11:00
Espais Volart, la Dreta de l'Eixample, Eixample
Josep Maria de Sucre (Barcelona, 1886-1969) was a painter, poet and art critic, and one of the leading cultural promoters of his time. His career occupies a key place in the transition from Noucentisme to the avant-garde in 20th-century Catalonia. With a sensibility ahead of his time, his work anticipated some of the neo-expressionist approaches that would emerge decades later, particularly in the way it delved into human psychology through the face. Faces, masks and portraits become spaces for exploring inner life, marked by an expressive intensity and unsettling depth that appeal directly to the audience. This exhibition pays tribute to Josep Maria de Sucre by highlighting not only his artistic output, but also his decisive role as the spiritual patron of a generation of artists in the early post-war period. The exhibition brings together works by around thirty Catalan creators who revived the momentum of the early avant-gardes, interrupted by the Civil War. In this context, Sucre's work was fundamental as a bridge between artists linked to the Republican period and emerging new creators who, thanks to grants from the Institut Francès for stays in Paris, were able to reconnect…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 8 September 2026