Joan Junceda

Joan Junceda (1881 Barcelona–1948 Blanes), was one of the most important Catalan artists and illustrators in the first half of the 20th century.
He published his first drawing in ¡Cu-Cut! on Christmas eve 1902 under the pseudonym Ribera.
Junceda illustrated the “Historietes Exemplars” series, a collection of stories with a moral lesson compiled by Josep Maria Folch i Torres, which were published for the first time in L’Estitx magazine. His most well-known work, however, would be the illustrations he did for “Bon Seny”, a compilation of the oral lore regarding the archetypal Catalan virtue, that was undertaken by writer J. Abril I Virgili. In 2003, the Professional Association of Catalan Illustrators (Associació Professional
d’Il·lustradors de Catalunya) introduced the Premis Junceda (Junceda Prices), named after this artist in acknowledgment of his work as a renovator of contemporary illustration.