Francisca Rius. Design and live. (1891-1967)

Francisca Rius i Sanuy (Barcelona, 1891–1967), artist and a woman, was one of many who had to navigate, and survive, a time and environment that was not conducive to women’s professional development. Her budding artistic career showed a special sensitivity, as well as technical and conceptual skill, and her early work seemed destined to excel in graphic design. However, first of all, her family and social environment limited her aspirations. Then, the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent political circumstances brought her professional and artistic career to an abrupt end.

We have a limited legacy of her work, which has been carefully preserved within the family. We have a unique document from her life, specifically a fragment of it: a diary written during the Civil War, addressed to her son, which was published 70 years later and is a unique testimony to that period.