Last updated Josep Masriera; photograph by Pau Audouard.
Josep Masriera i Manovens (22 January 1841, Barcelona - 31 January 1912, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter, goldsmith and businessman.
Barcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres high.
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Historically, goldsmiths also have made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable utensils, ceremonial or religious items, and rarely using Kintsugi, but the rising prices of precious metals have curtailed the making of such items to a large degree.
He was born to an artistic family and, together with his brother Francesc, began his training with his father, who was a silversmith. After finishing there, he was sent to study with Lluís Rigalt at the Escola de la Llotja. In 1857, he and his brother were apprenticed to Josep Serra i Porson (1824-1910), a Professor there.[1] Later, he studied with Claudi Lorenzale.
Francesc Masriera i Manovens was a Catalonian figure painter and goldsmith who was influenced by Orientalism.
A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms silversmith and goldsmith are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary greatly as may the scale of objects created.
Lluís Rigalt i Farriols was a Catalonian landscape painter and graphic artist.
He was married in 1864 and eventually had five children, including Lluís Masriera, who also became a well-known painter and goldsmith. Shortly after, he and his brother were in Paris, where they may have worked with Alexandre Cabanel. In 1867, he was back at the Escola for some graduate courses and returned to Paris for the International Exhibition to see the latest trends in jewelry.[1]
Lluís Masriera i Rosés was born in Barcelona in 1872 to the famous painter Josep Masriera, who was also a well-known silversmith and, along with his brother Francesc Masriera, he ran the family jewelry business started by his father, José Masriera i Vidal. Lluís Masriera started in his family’s workshop and created pieces with the same aesthetic and precision that the workshop had always been known for; one which highlighted technical perfection but little creativity.
Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter.
The Taller (workshop) Masriera in 1907
In 1869, he was appointed President of the "Guild of Jewellers and Silversmiths" and became Secretary of the liberal arts division of the "Association for the Encouragement of National Production", a protectionist group. In 1873, he was named an Academician at the "Royal Academy of Arts and Natural Sciences".[1]
Between 1882 and 1884, he and Francesc built an elaborate workshop on Bailen Street, modeled after the ancient Temple of Augustus on Mont Tàber. It was designed by Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas. Flanking the entrance were statues of Eduardo Rosales and Marià Fortuny, created by Josep Reynés(ca ). The Masriera's combined art collections were kept there and it became a major cultural center, featuring dramatic performances as well as art shows. In 1932, it became the Teatre Studium and was later connected to the adjoining buildings. It is now a residence for the nuns of the "Petita Companyia del Cor Eucarístic de Jesús".[2]
Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas was a Catalan architect and artist who formed part of the Modernista movement.
Eduardo Rosales Gallinas was a Spanish painter. He was an adherent of the Italian-based art movement known as "Purismo" and specialized in historical scenes.
Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal, known more simply as Marià Fortuny or Mariano Fortuny, was the leading Spanish painter of his day, with an international reputation. His brief career encompassed works on a variety of subjects common in the art of the period, including the Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, military painting of Spanish colonial expansion, as well as a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color.
He served on the arts jury at the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition and was also an author of some note; publishing books on ornamental design, engraving, chiseling and oriental art as well as biographies of Lluís Rigalt and Claudi Lorenzale.[1] For many years, he and some friends met weekly to create a "magazine" called El Recuerdo. No issues were ever published, but the manuscripts provide an important historical record of the art scene in Barcelona.
The 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition was Spain's first International World's Fair and ran from May 20 to December 9, 1888. It was also the first of the two held in Barcelona.
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.
Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations.
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Simó Gómez Polo was a Catalan painter and engraver in the Realistic style.
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Claudi Lorenzale i Sugrañes was a Spanish painter, associated with the German Nazarene movement and local efforts to recover the history of the Catalan region.
Pelegrí Clavé i Roqué sometimes Pelegrin Clavé was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who lived and taught in Mexico for many years.
Xavier Gosé i Rovira was a Catalonian painter and illustrator who worked in the Art Nouveau and Art Déco styles.
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Galeries Dalmau was an art gallery in Barcelona, Spain, from 1906 to 1930. The gallery was founded and managed by the Symbolist painter and restorer Josep Dalmau i Rafel. The aim was to promote, import and export avant-garde artistic talent. Dalmau is credited for having launched avant-garde art in Spain.
Francesc Gimeno i Arasa was a Catalan painter and graphic artist; best known for his landscapes, city scenes and self-portraits.
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