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Jaume Morera i Galícia (1854 – 24 April 1927) was a Catalan landscape painter.
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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
Biography and appreciation.He was attracted to Nordic-style landscapes and spent much of his time painting in the
Plaza de la Iglesia Santa Coloma de Queralt
sold a
Christie's London
in 2004 for 35,000 USD.
Museu d'Art Jaume Morera
homepage.
ArtNet: More paintings by Morera
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morera i Galicia, Jaume 1854 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Painters from Catalonia Spanish landscape painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni
Biography
He was born inLleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...
. 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 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal aca ...
under 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 (arts), Realism in h ...
.Brief biography@ the
Museo del Prado
The Museo del Prado ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of Art of Europe, European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th ce ...
. In 1874, he was chosen to be one of the first students at the newly founded Spanish Academy in Rome
The Spanish Academy in Rome (Spanish: ''Real Academia de España en Roma'') is a cultural institution created in 1873 under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' General Directorate for Cultural and Scientific Relations.
The academy's headqu ...
, together with Francisco Pradilla, Casto Plasencia and Alejandro Ferrant
Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans (9 September 1843 – 20 January 1917) was a Spanish painter.
Life
He was born in Madrid, and studied with his uncle, Luis Ferrant Llausàs, and at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He also rece ...
. While there, he produced many paintings of the Italian countryside in the Academic
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
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./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
The Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (Jaume Morera Art Museum) is a museum in Lleida (Catalonia) created by the Diputació de Lleida and the Lleida City Council ('' La Paeria'') with the collaboration of the painter Jaume Morera i Galícia. It is the mu ...
in 1924.Exposition at the Museo Camón Aznar in ZaragozaBiography and appreciation.He was attracted to Nordic-style landscapes and spent much of his time painting in the
Sierra de Guadarrama
The Sierra de Guadarrama (Guadarrama Mountains) is a mountain range forming the main eastern section of the Sistema Central, the system of mountain ranges along the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It is in Spain, between the systems Sierra de ...
. 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 Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
.
His brother was the politician and poet .
His work has been offered at auction multiple times, and show up around 2-3 times a year across the globe with realized prices ranging up to 35,000 USD. In 200Plaza de la Iglesia Santa Coloma de Queralt
sold a
Christie's London
in 2004 for 35,000 USD.
References
Further reading
* Jaume Morera, ''En la Sierra Del Guadarrama. Divagaciones ... Cuadros, Estudios, Dibujos'', 1927. * Enrique Arias Anglés and Jesús Navarro Guitart, ''Jaime Morera y Galicia (1854-1927)'', Zaragoza, Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar, 1999.External links
Museu d'Art Jaume Morera
homepage.
ArtNet: More paintings by Morera
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morera i Galicia, Jaume 1854 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Painters from Catalonia Spanish landscape painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni