Lorenzo Cerda

Lorenzo Cerdá Bisbal (b. Pollensa, Mallorca; 1862 - d. Palma de Mallorca; 1955) was a Spanish painter.

He painted the Mallorcan landscape, especially the north of Mallorca using a high academic sense. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palma de Mallorca and at the Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando (Madrid). He also furthered his studies in Rome (1885-1886), where he was a disciple of Joaquín Sorolla and Mariano Benlliure. His works from this period are: Cap de vell (1884) and Home nu (1886), both exhibited in the palace of the Mallorca Island Council. In Italy he also paints the prize-winning work at the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona and entitled Foners balears (Edinburgh museum).

Style

He was an author with a realistic and academic style, greatly influenced by Joaquín Sorolla.