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Miquel Carbonell i Selva (23 July 1854,
@ the Museo del Prado. His first exhibition was in 1872, at the Society of Fine Arts. He completed his studies there in 1875, having received several awards for composition, color and perspective. He continued his studies in Rome, thanks to a stipend provided by , a prominent financier. In 1880, he moved to Madrid, although he still spent time in Barcelona and his hometown, where he was married in 1882. While in Madrid, he also did interior decoration.Biographical notes
@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. In 1889, he joined with several other Catalan artists and went to Paris, where they participated in the Exposition Universelle. During this time, he also began publishing poetry in ' ("the gay science", the lyric poetry of the
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Miquel Carbonell i Selva (23 July 1854, Molins de Rei
Molins de Rei () or Molins de Rey in Spanish is a municipality located 18 km from Barcelona's city centre, in the ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain.
It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat river, on the A-7 ''au ...
– 14 May 1896, Barcelona
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) was a Catalan painter, muralist and poet. He is especially known for his realistic portraits and landscapes of the area around the Llobregat River.
Biography
When he was only ten, he developed a tumor on his leg, which kept him bed-ridden for a year and caused permanent damage that required the use of a cane. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to a painter in Barcelona. Two years later, he was enrolled at theEscola 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 ...
, where he studied with Antoni Caba.Brief biography@ the Museo del Prado. His first exhibition was in 1872, at the Society of Fine Arts. He completed his studies there in 1875, having received several awards for composition, color and perspective. He continued his studies in Rome, thanks to a stipend provided by , a prominent financier. In 1880, he moved to Madrid, although he still spent time in Barcelona and his hometown, where he was married in 1882. While in Madrid, he also did interior decoration.Biographical notes
@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. In 1889, he joined with several other Catalan artists and went to Paris, where they participated in the Exposition Universelle. During this time, he also began publishing poetry in ' ("the gay science", the lyric poetry of the
troubadour
A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairi ...
s) and the '.
In 1902, the Municipal Council in his hometown voted to name a street in his honor.
References
Further reading
* ''Miquel Carbonell i Selva : pintor (1854-1896)'', Fundació Miquel Carbonell i Selva, 2007 * Francesc Fontbona, et al., ''Miquel Carbonell i Selva: Pintor (1854- 1896)'', (exhibition catalog), Fundacio Caixa, 1997External links
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