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Salvador Martorel i Ollé (1895-1968)
He was born in La Canonja, and began his apprenticeship as a sculptor at
the Arana i Bru workshop in Tarragona. In 1914 he moved to Barcelona and
joined the shool of Fine Arts. In 1917 he showed his fisrt weorks in
Barcelona and Tarragona for studies in Spain and France. In 1925 he was
awarded the Gold Medal of the Decorative Arts Exibition of Paris and in
1929, the Gold Medal of the International Exibition of Barcelona. In 1932,
he became a professor at the Tarragona School of Arts. His art stays within
the classical rules, a mixture of the Greek and Roman precepts with
discreet lines and a moderate sensuality.
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