Josep Pascó i Mensa

Josep Pascó i Mensa (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp pəsˈko]) (1855–1910), was a painter, illustrator and designer from Catalonia, an autonomous community of Spain, mostly noted for book illustrations and theater set design.

He trained as a painter at the Escola de la Llotja with Simó Gómez and at the workshop of designer Josep Planella.

In 1896 he went to Mexico to paint the scenery of the National Theater (since replaced by the Palacio de Bellas Artes).

Pascó later became a professor at the College of Arts and Industries in Barcelona, and the artistic director of the journal Hispania.

Whilst he was at College of Arts and Industries in Barcelona he worked with Modest Urgell and he taught the young Joan Miró before he died in 1910.