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Casa Alegre de Sagrera

Decorative painting, 1913

Pintura decorativa, Pere Viver i Aymerich, 1913. Oil on canvas, 197.5 × 132 cm. Photo by Teresa Llordés. Casa Alegre de Sagrera. Terrassa Museum.

 

Pintura decorativa, Pere Viver i Aymerich, 1913. Oil on canvas, 197.5 × 132 cm. Photo by Teresa Llordés. Casa Alegre de Sagrera. Terrassa Museum.

 

This is a decorative painting that aspires only to adorn a room. Pere Viver divided his time between easel painting and decorating, working with his brother Tomàs in the profession they inherited from their father. 

The painting shows a garden scene, with a stone fountain, garlands held by cupids, a classical-type temple and three semi-naked graces bearing a basket of flowers. The work is highly representative of popularisation of the symbolist style which endured well into the mid-20th century, becoming more markedly banal in the domestic environment.

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