Technic: Oil on canvas

Olot landscape

Olot

Portrait of a lady

Vila Arrufat trained mainly with his father, Joan Vila i Cinca, at the Llotja School in Barcelona, and he completed his studies at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Following his training, he travelled in Paris on a scholarship from Sabadell City Council, and he later went to Italy. He was […]

Smoker

Paris city

Interior of a country house

Benet Mercadé was from Emporda, the son of a decorative painter, gilder and votive painter. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona – where he was appointed professor in 1882 – and the School of Fine Arts San Fernando in Madrid. He started as an ornamental painter and worked with daguerreotypes. He […]

Rural street

A rural street, it is believed to be a street in Castell d’Empordà or Santa Pau, which would link him to his land of origin from where he would leave young due to poverty and problems with a stepmother. Under his brush, this rural street approach presents itself to us as a self-contained theme. It […]

Sant Gervasi

Montserrat

A synthetic representation of the landscape of Montserrat and the unique massif of the mountain range, through the strength of the compactness of the elements. The painter conveys the lively movement and balance of the massif through the force of modernity and the avant-garde brushstrokes. A slow work, in favour of colour and material, in […]

Landscape