Jose Segrelles (Albert) [1855-1969]
Spain
We need to go, ca.1929.
Oil on board
10-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches
Signed at lower right : ‘J. Segrelles’.

José Segrelles (Albert) (1885-1969) biography:

Birth: March 18, 1885 in Albaida, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Spain ;
Death: March 3, 1969 in Albaida, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Spain ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: Hispanic ;
Zodiac: Pieces ;

Known for: Magazine illustrations ; genre paintings ; mystical painting ;
Medium: Charcoal ; watercolor ; oil ;
Technique: Drawing ; painting ;
Subjects: Genre ; sports ; advertising ; tourism ; mysticism ;

Areas: Albaida, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Spain ; Barcelona, Spain ; Cherbourg, France (1929-1930) ; New York, NY (1920, 1929-1930) ;
Region: Europe ; North East ;
Lived: Albaida, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Spain ; Barcelona, Spain ; Cherbourg, France (1929-1930) ; New York, NY (1920, 1929-1930) ;
Father:
Mother: 
Relatives:
Spouse: Rosa (Tormo) Segrelles (Albert) (?-?) ;
Children: Concepción Segrelles (?-?) ;

Training: Studied under his brother Vicente Colomer Segrelles Albert (1855-?) beginning at age 9 ; Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia [School of Fine Arts & Craftsman, San Carlos, Spain] ; studied in the workshops of Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida (1863-1923) and Isidoro Garnelo Fillol (1867-1939) ; attended classes under Antonio Cava (1839-1915) at Lonja de Barcelona [Fishmarket of Barcelona, Spain] where he worked hand-coloring photos for Napoleon (1905) ;
Instructors: Vicente Colomer Segrelles Albert (1855-?), the artist’s brother ; Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida (1863-1923) ; Isidoro Garnelo Fillol (1867-1939) ; Antonio Cava (1839-1915) ;
Work: Became illustrator in 1908 ; Worked for Barcelona publishers Salvat, Seguí, Granados, Molina and Araluce ; illustrated in oil Don Quixote de la Mancha ; worked for novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez illustrating his books ; Redbook Magazine, watercolor illustrations (1930) ; Illustrated London News (1927-1932), Wagner’s Ring Trilogy (1933), Perrault’s Fairy Tales, Scenes from Shakespeare, Poe, and The Divine Comedy ; The Cosmopolitan ; Reed House ; American Magazine ; Liberty ; The American Weekly ; painter and restorer of religious work ; Painted alter pieces for Albaida and the Santa María de Ontinyent ; In 1950s increasingly became more interested in cosmic influences ; Over 5,000 works ; Book on the artist Jose Segrelles Albert 1885-1969 : Su Vida y Su Obra (His Life and His Work) (1985) ;

Taught: Professor and chair Scuola Superiore di Belle Arti di Valencia (Superior school of fine arts of Valencia) ; Accademia Reale di San Carlo (Royal Academy of San Carlo) ;
Students:

Member:
Exhibited with: Galerías Layetanas, Barcelona, Spain, drawings, watercolors and oil paintings (1920s) ; Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (1923) ; Thousand and one nights (Salvat, 1956) ; Flowers of San Francisco (Villamala, 1923) ; Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, NY (April, 1931) ;
Awards: International exhibition in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, gold medal (1929) ;

Milestones: Museum dedicated to the artist : Casa Museo José Segrelles, Valencia, Spain ;

Notes: “One of the most vital and sensitive of the artists of Spain” from a book on the artist Segrelles Biografia by Vicente Guerra Crespo (1985) ;