Jaume Morera i Galícia (1854 – 24 April 1927) was a Catalan landscape painter.

Biography

He was born in Lleida. His family was from a small town and had been attracted to Lleida by business opportunities. He moved to Madrid to study landscape painting at the

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Carlos de Haes Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes (January 25, 1829 – June 17, 1898) was a Spanish painter from Belgium.Caso, E. F., ''Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole,'' ACR edition, 1997, p. 128 He was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, a ...

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@ the Museo del Prado. In 1874, he was chosen to be one of the first students at the newly founded "Academia de España en Roma", together with

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, Casto Plasencia and Alejandro Ferrant. While there, he produced many paintings of the Italian countryside in the

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style. Upon his return to Spain in 1877, he stayed only briefly in Lleida, then established himself in Madrid. Nevertheless, he maintained a lifetime connection to his native city. From his base in Madrid, he travelled widely, often accompanied by Haes, visiting the Netherlands, Belgium and France. From these places, he produced works that he displayed at the annual National Exhibition of Fine Arts, winning several medals.Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
/ref> In 1900, he married María Felisa Alday, who had been Carlos de Haes' caretaker during the latter's final days. The couple took up residence on a farm near a small village between Madrid and the Basque Country. In 1915, he returned to his hometown to help establish the "Museu d'Art Modern de Lleida", a large portion of which was devoted to the works of Haes that had been left to him in Haes' will. Eventually, his contributions to the museum were considered so significant that it was renamed the Museu d'Art Jaume Morera in 1924.Exposition at the Museo Camón Aznar in Zaragoza
Biography and appreciation. He was attracted to Nordic-style landscapes and spent much of his time painting in the

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. He also painted along the coast of Northern Spain near

Algorta Algorta is a locality within the municipality of Getxo, in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600. The Metro Plaza situated in Telletxe street is considered to be the center of town and comme ...

. He died in

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. His brother was the politician and poet .

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Museu d'Art Jaume Morera
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