Belle Époque Splendor: The Discerning Eye of a Collector
Belle Époque Splendor: The Discerning Eye of a Collector
Francisco Miralles y Galup
At the Market
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Francisco Miralles y Galup
Spanish
1848 - 1901
At the Market
signed F. Miralles. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 24 by 19⅞ in.; 61 by 50.5 cm
framed: 32½ by 28¾ in.; 82.5 by 73 cm
Private collection
Sale: Christie's, London, 15 March 1996, lot 147
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Sale: Christie's, London, 15 March 1996, lot 147
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
This bustling market scene, brimming with fashionable Spanish townspeople, is a flurry of bright colors, flowers, and fans painted with a liveliness that characterizes Francisco Miralles's genre pictures.
Born in the coastal city of Valencia, Francisco Miralles y Galup moved to Paris with his family in 1866 and remained in the French capital for the next 27 years. He studied under Arturo Canela, whose studio became the meeting place for Catalán artists in the city. Fortuitously, his fellow countryman Eduardo Zamacois introduced him to the prestigious art dealer Adolphe Goupil, the agent for Boldini, Bouguereau, Gérôme and other notable 19th-century artists. Goupil commissioned numerous works from Miralles and steered him towards elegant society subjects, for which he became best known. Miralles' talents as a painter soon became widely appreciated, and his work avidly collected. He was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salons, in the Sala Parés in Barcelona and at numerous international exhibitions in London, Berlin, and America where his work coveted.
Born in the coastal city of Valencia, Francisco Miralles y Galup moved to Paris with his family in 1866 and remained in the French capital for the next 27 years. He studied under Arturo Canela, whose studio became the meeting place for Catalán artists in the city. Fortuitously, his fellow countryman Eduardo Zamacois introduced him to the prestigious art dealer Adolphe Goupil, the agent for Boldini, Bouguereau, Gérôme and other notable 19th-century artists. Goupil commissioned numerous works from Miralles and steered him towards elegant society subjects, for which he became best known. Miralles' talents as a painter soon became widely appreciated, and his work avidly collected. He was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salons, in the Sala Parés in Barcelona and at numerous international exhibitions in London, Berlin, and America where his work coveted.