Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer

Γεννημένος: 1862

Θάνατος: 1943

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Dionís Baixeras i Verdaguer was a naturalist Spanish artist from Barcelona, who specialized in oil on canvas and was noted for his Orientalist scenes.
Baixeras was born in Barcelona in 1862. He received his earliest art education from Martí Alsina (1826-1894) and Antonio Caba (1838-1907). He and his brothers, Juan and Jose Llimonas, were members of a group, which included painters and sculptors, known as the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc (Artistic Circle of San Lluc); an arts society formed in Barcelona in the early 1890s by brothers, Joan Llimona and Josep Llimona; Antoni Utrillo, Alexandre de Riquer and a group of artists who were followers of bishop Josep Torras i Bages. This circle also included the celebrated architects, Gaudí and Puig i Cadafalch.
He travelled to Paris, where he frequented the countryside to make paintings. In Paris, he was impressed by the realism and naturalism of Jean-François Millet, Jules Bastien-Lepage and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, whose style would leave a lasting impression on the young artist. He exhibited often and with the help of Antonio Blanch, he sold a many paintings. The everday scenes he painted ensured that his work was popular, and he was commercially successful.
His works have variously been described as Orientalist and Costumbrista.
His works hang in several museums including:
His more well-known paintings include:
La civilització del califat de Còrdova en temps d'Abd-al-Rahman III , 1885
Knitting, 1888, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Boatmen of Barcelona, 1886

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