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Pelegrí Clavé i Roqué sometimes Pelegrin Clavé (17 June 1811,
From 1822 to 1833, he studied at the
@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana While there, he received several awards. After graduating, he became one of the first recipients of a study grant from the "Junta de Comerç" (Board of Trade). In the Spring of 1834, he went to Rome where he enrolled at the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes
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Catalog of the Academy of Sant Jordi
Works by Clavé. *
Pelegrín Clavé on Global Britannica
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Pelegrí Clavé i Roqué sometimes Pelegrin Clavé (17 June 1811, Barcelona
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painter in the Romantic style who lived and taught in Mexico for many years.
Biography
From 1822 to 1833, he studied 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 ...
; his teachers included and Pau Rigalt. Brief biography@ the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana While there, he received several awards. After graduating, he became one of the first recipients of a study grant from the "Junta de Comerç" (Board of Trade). In the Spring of 1834, he went to Rome where he enrolled at the
Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...
; studying with Pietro Tenerani
Pietro Tenerani (11 November 1789 – 16 December 1869) was an Italian sculptor of the Neoclassic style.
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He was born in Torano, near Carrara. He initially trained with his maternal uncle, the sculptor Pietro Marchetti, and in 18 ...
and Tommaso Minardi
Tommaso Minardi (December 4, 1787 – January 12, 1871) was an Italian painter and author on art theory, active in Faenza, Rome, Perugia, and other towns. He painted in styles that transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism.
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, who introduced him to Friedrich Overbeck and the Nazarene school of painting. During this period, he travelled widely throughout Italy and France and exhibited in Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. When he had finished his fellowship, he decided to stay in Rome and attempt to earn his living as a painter.
In July 1846, the Chargé d'affaires of Mexico in Rome contracted him and his friend, Manuel Vilar
Manuel Vilar i Roca (15 November 1812, Barcelona - 25 November 1860, Mexico City) was a Spanish sculptor, in the Romantic style.Alberto Espinosa, ''La Renovación de la Real Academia de San Carlos: Manuel Vilar y Pelegrín Clavé'', Terranova/r ...
, to become, respectively, the Directors of painting and sculpture at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City, where they took up their positions in August. Vilar died there in 1860, and Clavé remained until 1868.
In addition to his official duties, he did portraits of many of the members of Mexican high-society. He and his students also helped to decorate the cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
The word derives, via Italian, fro ...
of the Temple of San Felipe Neri
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("La Profesa") in 1867. Unfortunately, their work and much of the cupola was destroyed by a fire in 1914.
In 1868, he returned to Barcelona and was elected to 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.
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, where many of his early works are now housed. He became a member of the jury that decided who is awarded the fellowships for study in Rome. In 1876, he chose Antoni Fabrés, who in his turn would become Director at the Academy of San Carlos.(caReal Academia de Bellas Artes
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References
Further reading
* DDAA, ''La col•lecció Raimon Casellas'', 1992, Publicacions del MNAC/ Museo del Prado * Moreno Manzano, Salvador, ''El pintor Pelegrín Clavé'', Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, 1966. * Francesc Fontbona and Victoria Durá Ojea, ''Catàleg del Museu de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. I-Pintura'', 1999External links
Catalog of the Academy of Sant Jordi
Works by Clavé. *
Pelegrín Clavé on Global Britannica
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