Reference code

CAT INSPAI 12

Level of description

Collection

Title

Lluís Hugas i Grau Fonds

Date(s)

Date of creation: ca. 1940 / Date of addition: 1960

Volume and support

Photographs: 4,389 black and white plastic negatives, 35 mm format; 31 glass plate negatives, 10 × 15 cm format; and 4 glass plate negatives, 6 × 8.5 cm format

Name of producer(s)

Lluís Hugas i Grau

Producer history

This is the photographic fonds compiled by Lluís Hugas i Grau (1906, Jafre). He was a livestock trader, photography enthusiast and father of the donor family. Lluís Hugas was born in Bonmatí. Emili and Joaquima's son. He was the second of seven brothers. In 1971, several rain-fed farmlands in Jafre (Girona) were expropriated from him to build ditches.

Archive history

On May 15, 2006, two albums of black and white 35 mm plastic negatives were acquired by INSPAI, Centre de la Imatge. The first had a total of 983 frames and the second had a total of 1,341 frames. In addition, there were 22 rolls of film wrapped in paper, a roll of film in a small box, and two loose rolls of film. There was also a Klein photographic paper box with three rolls of film in a metal case and approximately 80 negatives, two loose rolls with approximately 1,802 negatives, 20 rolls wrapped in paper (with 30/40 negatives), a roll in a bag, and a roll with 30 negatives. There were also loose rolls: rolls in a small box and rolls wrapped in paper. The description process was carried out from June until September 2006. In order to describe them and provide them with code numbers, the two albums of negatives were relocated to glassine paper sleeves and placed in albums. The rest (the rolls of negatives) were relocated to one envelope per roll and placed in archive boxes, waiting to be digitized, unrolled, cut into sets of six frames, and relocated in polyester sleeves and permanent preservation albums. On May 7, 2007, they were handed over for digitization (in accordance with the Governing Board¿s agreement No. 705, of November 7, 2006), and the fonds was fully digitized and returned to the Centre in August 2007. In the summer of 2009, they were placed in preservation materials: Mylar 75 micron polyester preservation sheets. That same year, the glass plates were cleaned and also placed in preservation materials. From October until December 2020, art historian Judit Esteba reviewed and validated 2,500 images with the aim of making them publicly available through the INSPAI website.

Details of entry

On June 7, 2006, a contract for gratuitous loan and subsequent donation was signed by the Diputació de Girona and the siblings Lluís, Esteve, Martí, Joan, and Marta Hugas i Maurici, as heirs to and donors of the family photograph fonds created as a result of their father Lluís Hugas i Grau¿s interest in photography. The contract provided for donation with the exclusive transfer of rights to Diputació de Girona as of June 7, 2010. On January 8, 2007, two more glass plates were acquired.

Scope and content

This is the photographic fonds of Lluís Hugas i Grau, livestock trader, photography enthusiast, and father of the donor family: Hugas i Grau-Maurici. The images are related to the family sphere, where the photographer¿s main intention was to keep a record of the members of the family, their primary and holiday homes, the photographer¿s workspace, and the interests they had. Some of the predominant subjects include: family portraits, events and celebrations (communions, Palm Sunday, Corpus Christi), the Salesians school, the factory, holidays and outings, work in the fields, towns, landscapes, vistas, and sports (basketball, football and roller hockey). Geographically, the images correspond to different places in Girona province during the 1940s and 1950s. Municipalities that appear in the images include: Amer, Arbúcies, Banyoles, Barcelona, Fornells de la Selva, Girona, Jafre, L¿Armentera, Sarrià de Ter, Lloret de Mar, Madrid, Palamós, Pont Major, Port de la Selva, S¿Agaró, Sarrià de Ter, Sant Medir, Tarragona, and Verges. Subjects that appear in the images include: in Sarrià de Ter, the inside and outside of the Torras Papel paper factory, the Ter River, and the soccer team; in Fornells de la Selva, the current Hotel Fornells Park ; in Tarragona, the Berà Arch and Escipions Tower; in Mataró, Carrer General Primo de Rivera and Carrer Loreto (streets); in Jafre, the soccer stadium; in Barcelona, Camp Nou, the Agricultural Fair and the company stand of Distribucions Avícola Girona, the Sagrada Família and Plaça Catalunya; in Girona, the cathedral, Montjuïc Mountain, Pujada de Sant Domènech (street), Sant Fèlix Church, the Onyar River, Josep Trueta Hospital, Plaça de la Independència, Pedra Bridge, Carrer Rutlla (street), Mercat del Leó market, Plaça Calvet i Rubalcaba, the Pont Major neighborhood, the Salesians school, the Sant Cristòfol old city entrance, the Sant Antoni Festival in Pont Major, and vistas; in S¿Agaró, the coast and the beach; in Banyoles, swimming in the lake, the La Tona chapel and fountain; the family farm and country house; in Port de la Selva, the Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery; in Palamós, the port, beach and town, and in Sant Medir, a family outing.

Conditions for access

Free and open access.

Related documentation

Author and date(s)

From June to September 2006, Frederic Lamaña. Reviewed by Lydia Ballester and Jordi Algué, September 2022.

Sources

Hugas i Grau family, at the time of the acquisition. There were some handwritten inscriptions along with the description of the reports and in some cases the year on the outside of most of the reports.