Enric Galwey i Garcia or, in Spanish, Enrique Galwey y García (1864 – 10 February 1931) was a Spanish painter, associated with the

Olot school The Olot school of landscape painting is a group of painters that created an artistic style in the second half of the 19th century. It includes not simply artists from Olot (in Catalonia, Spain), but all artists whose artworks were inspired by th ...

of landscape painting.

Biography

He was born in

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. His father's family was of English descent. He began his studies at the

Escola de la Llotja The Escola de la Llotja (, "Llotja School"; es, Escuela de la Lonja), officially the Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona (Barcelona Arts and Crafts School), is an art and design school located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The school took its ...

and, in 1885, went to

Olot Olot () is the capital city of the ''comarca'' of Garrotxa, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The city is known for its natural landscape, including four volcanoes scattered around the city center. The municipality is part of the Zon ...

to perfect his technique with the landscape painter,

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. His first exhibition of watercolors in Barcelona came that same year.Brief biography
@ the

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, In 1889, he decided that his paintings were a bit static and went to Paris to study the works of

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and other members of the

Barbizon school The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name f ...

. His stay coincided with the first major

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

exhibition, which also had a significant influence on his style. When he returned in 1890, he held an exhibition at the

Sala Parés The Sala Parés is the oldest art gallery in Barcelona, Spain. Initially an art store, established in 1840 by Joan Parés, it slowly evolved into a gallery and formally became one in 1877. History Founded by the original store owner's son, , an ...

, which received good critical reviews, and opened a workshop in central Barcelona. He continued to make frequent trips to Olot until Vayreda's death and, for the rest of his life, was a regular visitor to

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. His first showing at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts came in 1895 and he took second place there in 1897. Together with

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and

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, he founded the "Societat Artística i Literària de Catalunya", a society of middle-class artists, writers and art collectors who were opposed to

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.Brief biography
@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. From 1900 to 1926, the society held annual exhibitions at the Sala Parés. He was also an active member of 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 councillor ...

. He died in Barcelona. In 1934, the Sala Parés published his brief memoir: '' El que he vist a can Parés en els darrers quaranta anys: memòries d'Enric Galwey''.

Selected paintings

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References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Galwey.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galwey, Enric 1864 births 1931 deaths Painters from Catalonia Spanish landscape painters 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Painters from Barcelona

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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