The portrait of José Faraudo
Legend on the back: José Faraudo, age 21, Reus
Read moreDr. Alberich Casas visiting a asian cholera patient
Fortuny in 1854, during the cholera epidemic, he went to Reus to be near his father and sisters. In this composition set inside a stable, the Doctor wears a coat, hat and cane, with sideburns and goggles, two characters carry a stretcher with a patient. Genuinely realistic representation, the painter follows the romantic guidelines learned […]
Read moreBeach houses
This landscape artist, a follower of the luminist school, developed his painting style giving absolute prominence to light, softer and more diffuse in nature. He often introduced perspectives with very pronounced and deep diagonal lines that depicted simple and realistic spaces, lending great importance to the material qualities of the elements, land, roads and whitewashed […]
Read moreProcession to the Vinyet hermitage in Sitges
Century XVIII
Read moreLandscape. El Ter [Ter river]
Antoni Ros portrayed multiple landscapes around the waters of the Ter River. This work is not dated but could have been made at the beginning of 1900, dates in which the painter portrayed on several occasions similar scenarios of stagnant waters of the River Ter, such as Closes del Ter (1908) or Dusk (1905). In […]
Read moreSeascape. L’Estartit
Painted in 1933, during his trip along the Costa Brava, which he made next to Rusiñol and Meifrèn. The color technique learned from the impressionists. The use of color with the intention of reflecting light gives better accuracy of reality and gives soul and immensity to the beach.
Read morePrats de Santa Coloma, Andorra [Meadows in Santa Coloma]
In 1932, he made the first of his three visits to Andorra. He arrived by car to Santa Coloma, accompanied by his wife, son, driver and assistant. This oil painting is a good representation of his post-impressionist style. There are three almost parallel areas –the field, the mountain and the sky–, bright and contrasting greens, […]
Read moreVilanova street and a bell tower
The small urban composition with anonymous figures and the reuse of the canvas -there is a rural architectural composition on the reverse that was not made by the painter- demonstrate how materials were recycled during the Civil War. They are small works on wood or cardboard that could be sold more easily or exchanged for […]
Read moreMar de Plata, Argentina
A landscape painter with a passion for maritime scenes, he was a student of Antoni Caba and Martí Alsina, and he spent long periods in several countries, including Paraguay, Argentina, Italy and the United States. As a painter, he sold many works, but due to the commercial failure of the grand exhibition at the Barcelona […]
Read moreClouds
He went to Paris in 1892 and he began to associate with impressionist artists, leading to a change in his pictorial style. His colour pallet became lighter and he began using light blue, ochre and golden tones, starting to accentuate all the colours seen in the sea and rivers. He was continually drawn to the […]
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