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Tárrega, the pictorial archetypes of him; in
Igualada, his link with Central Catalonia; in L'Escala, his sardanista inspiration; at the Sarral Town Hall, his friendship with the architect Josep Puig Torné; in the Coastal Dock of the Port of Tarragona, the biographical stages of him; in the Casa de la Paraula of Santa Coloma de Farners his sculptural aspect; the Girona Art Museum, the figures with a single stroke; the Museum of History of Catalonia showed the solidarity posters of the artist; and the Museum of Rural Life the vital essence of it. The closure took place with a retrospective exhibition in the convent of Sant Francesc of Montblanc.
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In 2011, coinciding with the northern anniversary of his birth, the Museu d'Art Modern de
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Palau Ferré was known for his sudden swings of humor and became notorious in 1974 for burning his oil paintings as a protest against the unfavorable resolution of a legal conflict he had with an
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