Joan Junceda

After not being able to pass the tests in order to join the Spanish Army, Joan Junceda taught himself drawing while working at the offices of the El Siglo shopping center in Barcelona.

[1] Junceda illustrated the "Historietes Exemplars" series, a collection of stories with a moral lesson compiled by Josep Maria Folch i Torres,[2] which were published for the first time in "L'Esquitx" magazine.

His most well-known work, however, would be the illustrations he did for "Bon Seny", a compilation of the oral lore regarding seny, an archetypal Catalan virtue, that was undertaken by writer Josep Abril i Virgili (1869-1918) encouraged by Josep Torras i Bages, bishop of Vic.

[3] Bon Seny contains aphorisms, fables and humorous stories based on the rural traditions of Catalonia.

[6] A monument in honor of Joan Junceda made by Alfons Pérez i Fàbregas stands now in the Rambla de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Image of Joan Junceda on a monument in Barcelona
Cartoon by Joan Junceda ridiculing the Spanish Army that led to the attack on the Cu-Cut! head office by the military