Dionís Baixeras i Verdaguer (1862–1943) was a
naturalist Spanish artist from
Barcelona
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, who specialized in oil on canvas and was noted for his realistic and detailed Orientalist and everyday life scenes.
Early life
Baixeras was born in Barcelona in 1862.
Career
Baixeras began studying at an early age at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Catalan painters such as Agustín Rigalt (1836-1899),
Martí Alsina (1826-1894) and Antonio Caba (1838-1907).
He and his brothers, Juan and Jose Llimonas, were members of a group, which included painters and sculptors, known as the
Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc
The Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc (, meaning in English "Saint Lluc Artists' Circle") is an arts society which was founded in Barcelona (Catalonia) in 1893 by Joan Llimona, Josep Llimona, Antoni Utrillo, Alexandre de Riquer, the city councillo ...
(Artistic Circle of San Lluc); an arts society formed in Barcelona in the early 1890s by brothers,
Joan Llimona and
Josep Llimona;
Antoni Utrillo,
Alexandre de Riquer and a group of artists who were followers of bishop
Josep Torras i Bages
Josep Torras i Bages (), born at Les Cabanyes, Alt Penedès, on 12 September 1846, died at Vic, Osona, on 7 February 1916, was a Catalan thinker, writer, and bishop. He was one of the main figures in the turn of the 20th century Catholic Cat ...
. This circle also included the celebrated architects,
Gaudí and
Puig i Cadafalch.
At age 24 he moved for 4 years to Paris, where he frequented the countryside to make paintings. In Paris, he was impressed by the realism and naturalism of
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet (; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism ...
,
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement.
His most famous work is his lan ...
and
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, whose style would leave a lasting impression on the young artist. He then returned to Barcelona.
Baixeras exhibited often and with the help of Antonio Blanch, he sold many paintings. The everyday scenes he painted ensured that his work was popular, and he was commercially successful.
Personal life
Baixeras was married.
Work
His works have variously been described as Orientalist and
Costumbrista
''Costumbrismo'' (sometimes anglicized as costumbrism, with the adjectival form costumbrist) is the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and particularly in the 19t ...
.
His works hang in several museums including:
*''Musée d'art et d'industrie de
Roubaix
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'',
France
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.
*« ''Boatmen of Barcelona'' », (1886),
MET,
New York
His more well-known paintings include:
* ''Abd al-Rahman III Receiving the Ambassador at the Court of Cordoba,'' 1885
* ''Alphonse X, the Wise with his Collaborators''
File:Boatmen of Barcelona MET EP603.jpg, ''Boatmen of Barcelona,'' 1886
See also
*
List of Orientalist artists
This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
*
Orientalism
References
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1862 births
1943 deaths
19th-century Spanish painters
Spanish male painters
20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists
Burials at Montjuïc Cemetery
Painters from Catalonia
Orientalist painters
Painters from Barcelona
19th-century Spanish male artists