{"id":1761,"date":"2018-01-23T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museutapies.org\/?page_id=1761"},"modified":"2018-01-23T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T09:20:58","slug":"1923-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museutapies.org\/en\/biography\/1923-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"1923-1943"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1923<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn in Barcelona on the 13 December, son of Josep T\u00e0pies Mestres and Maria Puig Guerra. During his early childhood, T\u00e0pies lived in a cultural and social environment marked to a considerable extent by his father\u2019s friendship with leading figures in Catalan public life and in the Catalanist republicanism of the time and by the intense civic and political activity of his maternal grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1926-1933<\/strong><br \/>\nPrimary schooling in various Barcelona schools (Sisters of Loreto School, German School and Colegio Balmes de las Escuelas P\u00edas).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1934<\/strong><br \/>\nBegins secondary school. First contact with contemporary art by way of various Catalan publications and, most importantly, the special Christmas issue of the magazine\u00a0<i class=\"spip\">D\u2019ac\u00ed i d\u2019all\u00e0<\/i>, edited by Josep Llu\u00eds Sert and Joan Prats, with texts by Zervos, Foix and Gasch, among others, and reproductions of works by Picasso, Braque, Gris, L\u00e9ger, Mondrian, Brancusi, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Arp, Mir\u00f3, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1936-1939<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Spanish Civil War he continues his studies at the Liceu Pr\u00e0ctic in Barcelona and for a few months is a frequent visitor to the government offices of the Generalitat de Catalunya, where his father works as a legal advisor. Takes up drawing and painting, self-taught. The outcome of the war &#8211; defeat of the legitimate democratic government of the Second Republic and beginning of the Franco dictatorship &#8211; is to make a profound impression on many aspects of his life and artistic career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1940<\/strong><br \/>\nHis schooling &#8211; first at the Instituto Men\u00e9ndez y Pelayo and then at the Escuelas P\u00edas once again &#8211; is frequently interrupted on account of his delicate health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"spip\"><strong class=\"spip\">1942-1943<\/strong><br \/>\nLung disease and lengthy convalescence in Puig d\u2019Olena sanatorium and subsequently in Puigcerd\u00e0 and La Garriga. Draws and makes copies of Van Gogh and Picasso. He is interested in the history of philosophy. 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