Jaume Huguet
Jaume Huguet (* around 1414 in Valls , † 1492 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan painter of the Gothic . In the late 15th century he was the most important representative of the Catalan school of painting, which he took over from Bernat Martorell .
After the death of his father, Jaume Huguet moved to Tarragona to live with his uncle, Pere Huguet, a painter. With him, his teacher, he moved in 1434 to Barcelona , where he came into contact with the new styles of his time: Flemish, Spanish and Italian influences, especially the acting in Barcelona Bernat Martorell, whose tempera he further developed. In Barcelona he painted some altarpieces and frescoes, which are characterized by an elaborate relief-like gold background and individually drawn people.
Huguet can be traced back to Barcelona from 1448 (commission for a Jacob's altar in Arceba ) and most recently he was recorded with a work in 1486. Before that he was active in Tarragona and Saragossa in Aragon . He influenced painting in Spain beyond Catalonia also in Aragon. Huguet had a large workshop in which his brother Antonio and members of the Vergós family of painters also worked. However, his numerous commissions also had an impact on the quality of his late work. This and the exaggerated use of the gold ground, which was in keeping with the taste of his time, led to the decline of the Catalan painting school among his successors (members of the Vergós family).
An excellent example of the quality of his painting is the altar of the three kings by the Condestable Don Pedro de Portugal from 1464/1465 (chapel of the Palacio Real Mayor in Barcelona). The focus is on the Adoration of the Magi - clearly influenced by Rogier van der Weyden . The fascinatingly naturalistic representation of the royal gifts and the background is interesting. The stable and the landscape are also designed with great attention to detail, while the sky is once again taken up by the traditional gold background.
A selection of his most important works can be found in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. In addition to the works mentioned, among others:
- Saint George frees the princess (1459–1460), central panel of the George altar, in the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña. Two other panels were in the Kaiserin Friedrich Museum in Berlin and have been lost (donor with Saint John d. T., donor with Saint Ludwig of Toulouse)
- Flagellation of Christ around 1455 for the Cathedral of Barcelona, today in the Louvre
- Lamentation of Christ , around 1460, Louvre
- Anthony altar (1454-1458), he was in the church of San Antonio in Barcelona and fell victim to a fire in 1909.
- Altar for the Monastery of Ripoll , 1455
- Vincent altar (late 1450s) for the Sarrià church in Barcelona, in the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña.
- Altar of Saints Abdon and Sennen , 1458–1460, in the Church of Santa María in Tarrasa (originally for S. Pedro).
- Augustine altar (completed in 1486), for the monastery of S. Agustin el Viejo in Barcelona, today the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña.
- Bernardine Altar (1468), Barcelona Cathedral Museum, painted for the glass guild
literature
- J. Vaquero, article in Kindler's Painting Lexicon, dtv 1982
- August Liebmann Mayer , article in Thieme-Becker
- J. Gudiol, J. Ainaud Jaime Huguet , Barcelona 1948
- Benjamin Rowland : Jaume Huguet: A Study of Late Gothic Painting in Catalonia. Harvard University Press, 1932
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vaquero, Kindler's Painting Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huguet, Jaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catalan painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1414 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valls |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1492 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |