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125 YEARS OF CAU FERRAT. The construction of an ideal (1894-2019)

3. THE ATELIER, THE EXPRESSION OF THE MODERN ARTIST

Autor desconegut Fortuny’s Studio in Rome, circa 1873-1874
Modern copy
Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic - Arxiu Mas, Barcelona

Autor desconegut Fortuny’s Studio in Rome, circa 1873-1874

Modern copy

Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic - Arxiu Mas, Barcelona

Throughout the 19th century, artists' ateliers were often a place with more functions than that of being a space for creation. The ateliers became veritable cenacles from where artists proclaimed their ideas and displayed their new role within the bourgeois society. They often became a tool to represent the new status of the modern artist. The Marià Fortuny atelier in Rome was a clear example of the atelier of the artist/collector, a new profile that was born in the mid-nineteenth century and that brought the painter Tomàs Moragas, Rusiñol’s teacher as of 1876, to Barcelona from Rome.

Initially, the need to obtain models to copy and be able to recreate plausible atmospheres in paintings led many artists to start collecting antique objects. This experience made them veritable specialists in the antiques they collected and that they could also restore or sell, as a complementary activity to their artistic practice.

Rusiñol, like most artist/collectors of his generation, was no longer a collector for the purpose of obtaining models. His collections, to a great extent works related to the object-oriented arts, were a declaration of his defense of craft work, of manual and anonymous work, opposite the artifice imposed by the bourgeois art market.

OBJECTS

El taller de Tomàs Moragas
El taller de Tomàs Moragas
El taller de Tomàs Moragas
The Masrieras' Studio
The Masrieras' Studio
The Masrieras' Studio
Antoni Fabrés's Studio in Paris
Antoni Fabrés's Studio in Pari
Antoni Fabrés's Studio in Paris
<p>Photograph of the first Cau Ferrat, located on Muntaner street in Barcelona, circa 1890-1892</p>
<p>Modern copy</p>
<p>Museu del Cau Ferrat, Sitges</p>
The first Cau Ferrat located i
The first Cau Ferrat located in Barcelona
Interior of the Great Hall
Interior of the Great Hall
Interior of the Great Hall
The dining room of the Cau Ferrat
The dining room of the Cau Fer
The dining room of the Cau Ferrat
<p>Francesc Rogent i Pedrosa (Barcelona, 1864-1898)</p>
<p>Blueprint of the Cau Ferrat. Sitges, October 1893</p>
<p>Ink on parchment paper</p>
<p>Museu del Cau Ferrat, Sitges. Adquisici&oacute; del Consorci del Patrimoni de Sitges, 2013</p>
Blueprint of the Cau Ferrat
Blueprint of the Cau Ferrat
Ferros del Cau Ferrat
Ferros del Cau Ferrat
Ferros del Cau Ferrat
Drawing of wrought iron
Drawing of wrought iron
Drawing of wrought iron
Notes on the Cau ferrat's facade
Notes on the Cau ferrat's faca
Notes on the Cau ferrat's facade
Notes of the Cau Ferrat
Notes of the Cau Ferrat
Notes of the Cau Ferrat
Some notes on the Cau Ferrat
Some notes on the Cau Ferrat
Some notes on the Cau Ferrat
Architectural scketch of the Cau Ferrat
Architectural scketch of the C
Architectural scketch of the Cau Ferrat
Sketch of the Cau Ferrat
Sketch of the Cau Ferrat
Sketch of the Cau Ferrat
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