Sebastia Congost i Pla

Rural town oil on board painting landscape

c.1980

Sebastià Congost i PLA, also called Sebastià Congost (September 1919 in Olot - August 7, 2009) was a Catalan painter in the tradition of the Olot school. Sebastià Congost is the brother of the Catalan poet Josep Congost i PLA. Congost graduated from the "Escola Menor de Belles Arts" (school of Fine Arts and Arts and Arts) and the "Escola Superior de Paisatge" (art school for landscape painting) in Olot. How many your fellow artist Olotenser dedicated part of his religious art work. He was influential in Catalan painting in the first half of the 20th century with his work. His objects were mainly sea and mountain landscapes. He has artistically represented but also urban scenes (such as the weekly market in Olot). People and horses, whose art he especially loved to meet often in his compositions. The art expert Joan Sala i flat characterized from 2008 in the "Revista de Girona" Congost artistically as follows: the most important characteristic of Congost is his greatest career running only the absolutely necessary trains and as always the character of a fresh, spontaneous work spread. Its graphics offer a certain reminder of the great brushstrokes of van Gogh.