Artistas famosos de Barcelona que debes conocer

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Cristiano Petzold

Publicado el 27 de diciembre de 2021
Barcelona Famous Artists You Must Know

La metrópoli catalana ha sido siempre una fuente inagotable de inspiración para todos los artistas. Durante su estancia en nuestra ciudad, sin duda visitará museos o verá esculturas creadas por algunos de estos artistas barceloneses que han influido significativamente en la ciudad y han ayudado a construirla tal y como es ahora.

Many of Barcelona’s most notable artists were born and reared here, while others were born in other regions of Catalonia or Spain and later relocated to our city. This article will look at the most significant artists from Catalonia that have influenced Barcelona’s art scene.

Barceloona Famous Artist
La metrópoli catalana siempre ha sido una fuente inagotable de inspiración para todos los artistas.

Barcelona Artistas famosos

Joan Miró (1893-1993)

Joan Miró es uno de los artistas barceloneses más representativos del siglo XX en Cataluña. Residente en Barcelona desde 1947, ha ejercido una influencia decisiva en el desarrollo internacional del arte. Se pueden ver sus obras en muchos de los museos y galerías de arte más importantes del mundo. 

He is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most significant painters due to his distinctive aesthetic style. His singular compositions have achieved such global renown that his works can now be found at museums like the MOMA in New York, the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the MNAC in Barcelona.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • La granja
  • The Harlequin’s carnival
  • Peinture (Etoile Bleue)
  • Paisaje Catalán(El cazador)
  • La Escalera de Escape

Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018)

Montserrat Caballé was a Catalan operatic soprano. She was mainly known for singing the works of Renaissance composers, preferring Baroque music to Modernism. The first concert she gave was in Barcelona’s Gran Teatro del Liceu in 1953 in a gala concert. 

Born and raised in Barcelona, Montserrat Caballe is regarded as one of the greatest opera singers in the world and is very famous among Barcelona artists. His exceptional talent bolsters her reputation as a lyric soprano and vocal record, considered one of the greatest in the world. As a result, she has appeared in over 100 shows and shared the stage with some of the best music and show business names, including Marilyn Horne, Freddy Mercury, Nicolai Baskov, Josep Carreras, and Plácido Domingo.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • Ponchielli’s La Gioconda
  • Rossini’s Semiramide
  • Puccini’s Tosca

Luis Domenech i Montaner (1850-1923)

Due to his significant contributions to architecture, Domenech i Montaner is unquestionably one of the most prominent Barcelona artists. The Sant Pau Hospital, the Catalan Music Palace, and the Lleó Morera House are examples of Catalan modernist architecture. Born in Barcelona in 1850, his early training was as a painter, and the first exhibition he presented to the public was one he organized himself.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • El Hospital de Sant Pau 
  • Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona
Palau De La Musica Catalana 1
Palau De La Musica Catalana

Lluïsa Vidal (1876-1918)

Lluïsa Vidal is a Catalan painter whose work consists of various techniques and styles she has studied throughout her life. 

Lluïsa Vidal is Catalan Modernism’s sole professional female painter and a contemporary of Picasso and Casas. In 1901, she was one of the few women of her day to travel to Paris to study painting. She was a talented Barcelona artist, but Vidal struggled to make her mark in an era when it was unimaginable for women to hold professional positions.

Regresó a Barcelona en 1902, se unió al movimiento feminista y se dedicó al retrato, casi exclusivamente de mujeres. Murió en Barcelona en 1904. Tras su muerte, Vidal cayó en el olvido. Debido al alto calibre de su arte, marchantes sin escrúpulos se aprovecharon de su reputación. Sustituyeron las firmas de algunos de sus mejores cuadros por las de pintores más valiosos del mercado.

Sin embargo, en los últimos años los historiadores del arte han estudiado a fondo su vida y su obra, y se ha vuelto a prestar atención a esta figura clave del modernismo catalán. Algunas de sus obras se exponen en el MNAC.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • Frederic Vidal, the artist’s brother
  • Maria Luisa Güell i Lópe
  • Marta Vidal, the artist’s sister
  • Marcel Montoliu, the artist’s nephew
  • Carlota Vidal

Marià Fortuny (1867–1874)

Marià Fortuny had a brief and adventurous life, during which he rose to prominence as one of the greatest painters of his time. Fortuny was born in Reus in 1838 and came to Barcelona when he was 14 years old. Because of his abilities, he was able to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he was taught by some of the city’s most talented painters.

Recibió una beca para estudiar en Roma y recibió el encargo del gobierno de Barcelona de pintar la guerra hispano-marroquí en 1860, produciendo su obra más conocida, La batalla de Tetuán (1862-64). Fortuny fue un polifacético artista barcelonés que trabajó el óleo, la acuarela y el aguafuerte, dominando y ampliando métodos y alcanzando nuevos resultados.

The Spanish Wedding (1870), which is now on view at the MNAC, is representative of Fortuny’s oeuvre. When the picture was first auctioned in Paris in 1870, it fetched 70,000 francs, making it one of the most valuable works of art ever sold.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • La Odalisca
  • El coleccionista de estampas
  • Gallinero
  • Corrida de toros
  • Picador herido

Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926)

Although Catalan Modernism’s renowned architect and genius were born and raised in Reus, he migrated to Barcelona in his teens. He remained there until 1926 when he was killed in a tram tragedy.

Barcelona Famous Artists - Casa Vicens By Antoni Gaudi

He worked in multiple fields such as interior design, furniture design, and city planning in his long career. His masterpiece is one of the complete works of Catalan Modernism: the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona. Gaudi is the most prominent and famous of all Barcelona artists.

Algunas obras famosas:

  • Casa Vicens
  • Park Güell
  • Catedral de Mallorca
  • Güell Estate
  • Casa Batlló
  • La pedrera
  • Basílica de la Sagrada Família

Interesting Travel Guides: Casa Batlló, Park Güell, Sagrada Familia

Santiago Rusiñol (1861-1931)

Santiago Rusiñol is another Catalan modernist genius. He devoted his life to representing nineteenth-century Spain and France’s everyday life and naturalness via literature, theater, and art. His work is characterized by an ardent idealism and inspired by the spirit of Bogatyrs, which he called “uncontainable humanity.”

Rusiñol lived in Catalonia all of his conscious life, except for a few years in Paris. He was one of the most influential writers of his age and a revered Barcelona artist. 

Algunas obras famosas:

  • L’oca del Senyor Esteve
  • Patio Azul
  • Casas Pintando
  • Almendros en flor

Conclusión

Barcelona artists, both famous and unknown, have something in common: they made Barcelona a unique and vital place in the world. They gave their all to this city, and for that, we should be grateful. In Barcelona, you have the chance to visit the works of these artists.

Art Nouveau buildings and Modernisme buildings, for both pedestrians and motorists, stand out throughout the city. Visit them; we guarantee you will never forget them!

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