Antoni Caba

Self-portrait (c.1875–1880)

Queen Maria Cristina holding her son, King Alfonso XIII (1890)

Antoni Caba i Casamitjana (1838 – 25 January 1907) was a Catalonian painter who worked in the Realistic style and is best known for his portraits.

Biography[]

Antoni Caba was born in Barcelona. He attended the Escola de la Llotja during the 1850s, where he studied with Pau Milà i Fontanals and Claudi Lorenzale. Supported by a stipend from the school board, he later attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where his primary instructor was Federico de Madrazo.^[1] His first exhibition came in 1864, at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. The government bought one of his works for the collection of the Museo del Prado.^{[citation needed]}

For a short time, he was enrolled at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under the direction of the Swiss painter, Charles Gleyre. In 1874, he obtained a teaching position as "Professor of Color and Composition" at the Escola and served as the Director from 1887 to 1901.^[2] During this time, he dedicated himself to creating portraits for middle-class clients in Catalonia; especially Barcelona, for which he received the nickname "fotográficos".

In addition to his portraits, he created decorative murals in the Gran Teatro del Liceo and several private residences.^[1] He died in Barcelona on January 25, 1907.

References[]

Further reading[]

• DDAA, La col•lecció Raimon Casellas, (1992), Publicacions del MNAC/Museo del Prado ISBN 84-87317-21-9
• Montserrat Gumà, Guia del Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (2004), Publicacions del MNAC ISBN 84-8043-136-9
• Francesc Fontbona and Victoria Durá, Catàleg del Museu de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. I- Pintura (1999), Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi

External links[]

Media related to Antoni Caba at Wikimedia Commons

• Catálogo de la Acadèmia de Sant Jordi: Portal to works by Caba