Borrassá, Luis

(c. 1360-1426)

   Painter from Barcelona, Spain, who adopted the International Style. Only 11 works are firmly attributed to Borrassá, based on documentation. About another 20 resemble his style and have therefore been tentatively given to him as well. Borrassá is known to have worked in the convent of St. Damián in Barcelona in 1383 and to have created the Retable of the Archangel Gabriel, now in the city's cathedral, in 1390. In 1411-1413, he also executed the Retable of St. Peter in the Church of Santa María, Tarrasa, one of his best-known works. Borrassá had a number of pupils and followers, including Gerardo Gener, Juan Mates, and Jaime Cabrera.