Pere Borrell del Caso

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Escaping criticism, Pere Borrell del Caso
Escaping criticism, Pere Borrell del Caso

Pere Borrell del Caso (Puigcerdà 1835Barcelona 1910) was a Catalan painter, illustrator and engraver, best known for his painting Escapando de la crítica (Escaping criticism) (1874), an example of trompe-l'œil. It blurs the boundary between real and fictitious space.[1] The artist Romà Ribera trained with him.[2]

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  1. ^ http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/10/14/30383.html
  2. ^ William H. Robinson; Jordi Falgas; Carmen Bellon Lord; Robert Hughes, Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudi, Miro, Dali (Yale University Press, 2006), 503