In the following two decades, he received significant recognition while acquiring undeniable prestige in Barcelona despite the rejection of the new Noucentista artists and critics, notably the art critic Eugeni d'Ors, who wrote in the newspaper "La Veu de Catalunya". In 1917, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government. He received his last tribute in Sitges in 1926. He died in Aranjuez in 1931. The Spanish Republic's provisional government ordered an official funeral in Madrid, which the president, Manuel Azaña, head and was later burried in Barcelona.