Lluís Rigalt i Farriols (1814 – 16 April 1894) was a

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landscape painter and graphic artist.

Biography

He was born in

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, and came from a family of artists. His father was a painter and scenographer, Pau Rigalt and his uncle Joaquim was an architect. He was a quiet and sickly child and was frequently in poor health throughout his life. His first art lessons were with his father at the

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in Barcelona, then he went to Madrid, where he studied with

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.Brief biography
@ the

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. Despite the instability in Catalonia during the 1830s and 40s, he remained aloof from political affairs; although they had a subtle effect on his works. He spent much of his time drawing scenes from the city, rather than painting. After the situation became more settled, the region entered a period when renovation and renewal became the bywords. In 1859, a major urban renewal plan devised by Ildefonso Cerdá resulted in the destruction of numerous old buildings. In many cases, Rigalt's drawings from the previous two decades are the only remaining record of those structures.Brief biography
@ the Gran Enciclopédia Catalana. He was a professor of perspective at the Escola and was named an Academician of Merit by the

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. He was also a member of the

Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi The Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi (, in English "Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Saint George") is a Catalan art school located in Barcelona. The president is the architect Jordi Bonet i Armengol. The institution was ...

. In 1855, he was a member of the commission that prepared the Spanish Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle. In addition to his paintings and drawings, he did decorative work for Isabel II during her stay in Barcelona and for the funeral of General Francisco Javier Castaños in 1852. Following his father's footsteps, he designed and painted sets for the Teatro de Gracia and the Teatro de la Comedia. Among the books he illustrated were ''Enciclopédico Pintoresco de Artes Industriales'', ''España Pintoresca'' and ''Historia de Cataluña''. He died in Barcelona, aged about eighty.

Selected paintings

File:Recuerdos_de_cataluña.jpg, Memories of Catalonia File:Lluís Rigalt - Landscape - Google Art Project.jpg, Untitled landscape File:Lluís Rigalt - Landscape with Woods - Google Art Project.jpg, Landscape with Woods File:Lluís Rigalt - Ruins - Google Art Project.jpg, Landscape with Ruins

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Rigalt.Drawings by Rigalt
@ Palau Antiguitats {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigalt, Lluis Painters from Barcelona 1814 births 1894 deaths Spanish male painters 19th-century Catalan painters Spanish landscape painters

Biography

Selected paintings

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