Francesc Masriera

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Francesc Masriera portrayed by Ramon Casas , MNAC
Frances Masriera: The Most Beautiful of the Ball (around 1890)
Frances Masriera: Girls from the Harem (around 1890)

Francesc Masriera i Manovens (born October 21 (according to other information October 27 ) 1842 in Barcelona , † March 15, 1902 ibid) was a Catalan painter and goldsmith. He was the brother of the painter and goldsmith Josep Masriera .

education

As a goldsmith Masriera received his training in the workshop of his father Josep Masriera i Vidal . He received his training as a painter in the Llotja in Barcelona and from the painter and art professor Josep Serra i Porsón . In Geneva he studied handicrafts specializing in enamel. Like his brother Josep, he deals with the engraving of fine stones.

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Against the background of the beginning republicanism, he initially represented an anti-academic naturalism as a painter. However, he soon turned to a detailed realism stylistically. Many of his works contain allegories and anecdotes. Particularly noteworthy is the portrait L'esclav (The Slave Girl). He had created this for the National Exhibition in Madrid in 1876. The Spanish King Alfonso XII. later bought this work. Masriera was the preferred portrait painter of the women of the upper Catalan bourgeoisie. Characteristic of his work is the “precision”, in a sense the painting of pieces of jewelry. He reproduced fabrics and objects such as silk, velor, feathers or jewelry accessories in his pictures with great precision and great beauty.

Masriera was a great admirer of the two painters Marià Fortuny and Eduardo Rosales . Together with his brother Josep, he had a neoclassical studio or a neoclassical exhibition hall for painters and artists in the form of a Corinthian temple, the so-called Taller Masriera , also known as the Temple of Art , built at Carrer de Bailèn number 70-72 in Barcelona . The two statues at the entrance to this studio were dedicated to Marà Fortuny and Eduardo Rosales. The sculptures by Marià Fortuny and Eduardo Rosales, which were later supplemented by two more sculptures, are now considered lost or cannot be found.

Rating

Francesc Masriera often exhibited in the salons of Madrid and Paris. He was artistically present in the Sala Parès, the leading art gallery in Barcelona. Many of his works hang in the Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. Francesc Masriera and his brother Josep were “ caciques ”, that is, leaders of the initiates of the Catalan painting of the time.

literature

  • Enciclopèdia Catalana: Masriera i Manovens, Francesc . In: Gran enciclopèdia catalana. 2nd edition 5th reprint 1992. Volume 14 . Enciclopèdia catalana, Barcelona 1987, ISBN 84-7739-011-8 , p. 480 f . (Catalan).

Web links

Commons : Francesc Masriera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ The daily life data are taken from the corresponding article in the Catalan Wikipedia and are recorded there. These data are also given on Google Art & Culture.
  2. ↑ The Taller Masriera was used as a theater from 1930. It was no longer used around 2010 and is in a very poor state of construction. It was bought in 2015 by a financial investor who left it to the city of Barcelona for further use in order to obtain building permits elsewhere in return. (All current information about Taller Mariera , the art temple of Barcelona, ​​comes from the article "Taller Masriera" on the Catalan language Wikipedia)
personal data
SURNAME Masriera, Francesc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Masriera i Manovens, Francesc (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan painter and goldsmith
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: October 21, 1842 or October 27, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1902
Place of death Barcelona