Apel·les Mestres

Carrer de Pietat with Carrer del Bisbe

Sculptor: Frederic Marès, signed
Materials: bronze
Inauguration: December 1, 1935

Barcelona City Council decided to pay tribute with a series of acts to the comedian and cartoonist Apel·les Mestres because he turned 80 (Barcelona, 1854-1936). One of them was the placement of a plaque sculpted by Frederic Marès on the street of La Piedad, on the edge of where Maestros had been born. On the day of the inauguration, on December 1, 1935, the Count de Güell spoke as president of the Academy of Fine Arts; the councilman of Culture, Frederic Roda and Ventura, and the acting mayor, Francisco de Sales Jaumar and Bofarull. In addition, in the series of events the medal of the City was given to him, the third one that was granted since its creation. The custom of the plates, sculpted or not, spread all over to honor different people and has persisted until today.

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