Josep Berga i Boix
Josep Berga i Boix (born October 25, 1837 in La Pinya , Garrotxa , Catalonia , † October 8, 1914 in Olot ) was a Catalan landscape painter of realism , art teacher and writer. Along with Joaquim Vayreda, he is considered to be the co-founder of the landscape painting school in Olot . His son was the painter Josep Berga i Boada .
In 1869, Berga was initially refused to manage the newly founded L'Escola Menor de Belles Arts d'Olot because of his Carist attitudes . During this time he initially headed a private art academy for painting, which was built up with painters from the School of Olot. In 1877 he was appointed head of the public art school because of his outstanding pedagogical skills.
His aesthetic differed from that of Joaquim Vayreda. This was due to Berga's preference for motifs from the mountains (especially the Puigsacalm above Olot), whose glistening light he depicted in an almost impressionistically simplistic way - contrary to Vayreda's mystical concepts. His rather small-format works offer an honest, sometimes naive view of the landscape around Olot.
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As a writer, he wrote home novels such as L'estudiant de la Garrotxa (1895, The Student from the Garrotxa ), Clareta, mar de brutícia (1906, Clareta and the great dirt ) as well as fairy tales and short stories. He published articles in cultural magazines such as La Renaixença and Il·lustració Catalana .
Many of his works can be seen in the Garrotxa Museum in Olot.
literature
- Enciclopèdia Catalana: Berga i Boix, Josep. In: Gran enciclopèdia catalana. 1st edition. tape 3 . Enciclopèdia catalana, Barcelona 1971, ISBN 84-300-5511-8 , p. 459 f . (Catalan, for the complete works).
- Hèlios Rubio et al .: Art de Catalunya (Ars Cataloniae) . "L'Escola d'Olot", there also "Josep Berga i Boix". 1st edition. tape 9 /16 (Pintura moderna i Contemporània). Edicions L'Isard, Barcelona 2001, ISBN 84-89931-19-4 , pp. 200-202 .
- Museu de la Garrotxa d'Olot (ed.): Josep Berga i Boix (1837-1914) . Els Inicis del Paisatgisme a Catalunya. 1st edition. Olot, 2014, ISBN 978-84-942743-1-2 , 234 pages (texts in Catalan with translations of the texts into Spanish)
- Ajuntament d'Olot, Museu Comarcal Olot (ed.): Directors de l'Escola, Obres i Etapes, Escola de Belles Arts 1783–1983 (Edicions Municipals No 21). Olot, 1983, 32 unnumbered pages, exhibition catalog from 1983 in Catalan, there from p. 16 “Josep Berga i Boix, Director de l'Escola 1877–1914”
Literature by Berga i Boix
- Teresa Planagumà i Nogué (ed.): Escrits diversos de Josep Berga i Boix, en el 150è aniversari del seu naixement . At 15 reproduccions de l'autor. Olot 2014 (Editora de Batet), ISBN 84-86626-02-1 , 221 pages (This book makes some of J. Berga i Boix's writings on the following subjects accessible again: “Fairy tales and legends”, “Festivals and traditions”, “ Excursions "," Open and Published Letters "; in Catalan)
Web links
- Josep Berga i Boix. enciclopedia.cat (Catalan)
- Images by Josep Berga i Boix on "pintorescatalanes"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berga i Boix, Josep |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berga, Josep |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Pinya |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1914 |
| Place of death | Olot |