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The Landscapes of Catalonia and at the Olot School. Joaquim and Marian Vayreda and Josep Berga i Boix

Gallery dedicated to the artist Joaquim Vayreda. Photo: Blai Farran.

Gallery dedicated to the artist Joaquim Vayreda. Photo: Blai Farran.

The rise and proliferation of painting in the second half of the 19th century in Catalonia coincided with the historical moment of the Restoration. Distinguished by economic prosperity, this period favoured a bourgeoisie who established themselves as the driving force behind the cultural Renaissance and political Catalan nationalism. This bourgeoisie sought realistic but also kind, elegant and optimistic art.

At that time several art schools were emerging in Catalonia, the most prominent of which was the Olot School. This was a Catalan landscape art school that bore similarities with the Barbizon School. It was founded by Joaquim Vayreda, who popularised all the Olot landscapes and attracted the attention of numerous artists from other parts, including Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas.

The school became established as a result of the pedagogical work of the painter Josep Berga i Boix, who introduced painting en plein air to his students. Some of the most prominent ones were his son Josep Berga i Boada, Miquel Blay, Josep Clarà and Melció Domenge.

Marian Vayreda was the third component of the Olot School. Although he was better known as a writer and chronicler, he was also a skilled painter.

The Museum exhibits the most outstanding pieces of each of these artists, as well as those of others who were captivated by the Olot landscape.

OBJECTS

<p>Photograph of the Olot School screen Space Museum of la Garrotxa.</p>
Olot School Space
Olot School Space
<p><em>Portrait of Joaquim Vayreda, </em>Miquel Blay i F&agrave;brega. Terracotta. Collection. Museum of la Garrotxa.</p>
Portrait of Joaquim Vayreda
Portrait of Joaquim Vayreda
<p><em>&quot;Les bugaderes&quot;</em>, Joaquim and Mari&agrave; Vayreda, 1883. Oil on canvas. Museum of la Garrotxa.</p>

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"Les bugaderes"
"Les bugaderes"
<p><em>&quot;Un combregar a muntanya&quot;</em>, Mari&agrave; Vayreda, 1887. Oil on canvas. From the collection at the Museu Nacional d&rsquo;Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.</p>
"Un combregar a muntanya"
"Un combregar a muntanya"
<p><em>Portrait of Josep Berga i Boix, </em>Miquel Blay i F&agrave;brega,1905. Terracotta. Collection of the Olot School of Art and Design.</p>
Portrait bust of Josep Berga i
Portrait bust of Josep Berga i Boix
Voltants d’Olot (The vicinity of Olot)
Voltants d’Olot (The vicinity
Voltants d’Olot (The vicinity of Olot)
Untitled La pastora (The shepherdess)
Untitled La pastora (The sheph
Untitled La pastora (The shepherdess)
La pastora (The shepherdess)
La pastora (The shepherdess)
La pastora (The shepherdess)
Portail d’une masia (Farmhouse doorway)
Portail d’une masia (Farmhouse
Portail d’une masia (Farmhouse doorway)
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