نبذة مختصرة : This Master of Critic, Curatorship and Art Theories dissertation work theme is the following: José Tagarro (1902-1931): the path of an independent modernist and it presents an organized collection of his life and work. With this purpose in mind, an exhaustive listing was made of both his artistic production and biographic aspects in order to obtain the most complete and certified information on the subject. José Tagarro iniciated his art studies at Escola Oficina n.º 1 before enrolling at the Escola de Belas Artes in 1919. He started his artistic career in 1923 with a first exhibition of his work and the publication of his illustrations, and from 1926 onwards his work became a regular presence at the annual art shows at the SNBA as well as in the monthly magazines. He had his first solo exhibition at Bobone gallery, in 1928, where he also showed his work in two collective exhibitions the following year. In 1929 he also travelled to Paris, where he studied works by Holbein and Ingres, whom he admired. The next year he was involved in the organization of the I Salão dos Independentes and he also opened his first exhibition in Porto. By the end of 1930 and beginning of 1931, he worked on sceneries for two plays at Politeama theatre and he also participated in the International Colonial Paris Exhibition competition. His artistic life suddenly ended with his death in 1931, leaving the artistic community in shock, who then paid him homage with a retrospective exhibition of his work at the SNBA in 1932. In spite of his short life, José Tagarro maintained an uninterrupted artistic production. His drawings stand out, mainly his portraits, where he applies his very own expression of the neoclassical style used by Picasso, characterized by a firm linearity and elaborate stylization in the details, where he achieved great formal elegance and weightlessness, endowing them through this classical expression to achieve a certain quality of timeless spirituality.
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