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MIQUEL BLAY I FÀBREGUES (Olot,1866 - Madrid, 1936). "Reincorporation of Strasbourg to France". Painted stucco ceiling. Signed in the upper right corner. Leather frame with some faults. Measurements: 30 x 36 cm; 42 x 49 cm (frame). Sculptor and draftsman. He made his apprenticeship in the School of Drawing and Painting of Olot, directed by Josep Berga i Boix and Joaquín Vayreda. Later in Italy and France he received a solid artistic training, and in Paris he attended the workshop of the sculptor Henri Chapu. In 1892 he received the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid for his sculpture Los primeros fríos, a work that with its modernist language influenced a whole generation of Catalan sculptors. This work was also awarded a gold medal in Barcelona in 1894. In that city is the bronze version3 and in the Botanical Garden Carlos Thays, in Buenos Aires, the marble version, acquired in 1906 by Eduardo Schiaffino. In 1900 he won the first medal at the Universal Exposition in Paris, was awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1901, and remained in the French capital until 1906, when he settled in Madrid, where he was already a recognized artist. He was a great master of sculptors, he had in his workshop among others the Tarragona-born Julio Antonio (1889-1919). He introduces in his sculpture with an extreme naturalism, all the elements of modernism. He collaborated with the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner with a sculpture The popular song, placed in a corner of the facade of the Palace of Catalan Music in Barcelona, a totally modernist work. In 1909 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid and professor of modeling at the School of San Fernando, a position he held until 1925 when he was appointed director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.4 He died on January 22, 1936,5 and was buried in the Sacramental of San Lorenzo in Madrid. MONUMENTS 1903 Monument to Víctor Chávarri. Portugalete (Vizcaya).1906 Monument to Doctor Federico Rubio. Madrid.1907 Sculptural group in the Palace of the Catalan Music. Barcelona.1909 Monument to Mariano Moreno. Buenos Aires (Argentina)1914 Monument to Mesonero Romanos. Madrid.1914 Monument to José Pedro Varela. Montevideo (Uruguay).1914 Monument to the Count of Romanones. Guadalajara. 1910 (inauguration 1922) Group La Paz and bas-reliefs in the Monument to Alfonso XII of the Gardens of the Buen Retiro. Madrid. Sculptural groups in the Fountain of the Plaza de España (Barcelona).

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MIQUEL BLAY I FÀBREGUES (Olot,1866 - Madrid, 1936). "Reincorporation of Strasbourg to France". Painted stucco ceiling. Signed in the upper right corner. Leather frame with some faults. Measurements: 30 x 36 cm; 42 x 49 cm (frame). Sculptor and draftsman. He made his apprenticeship in the School of Drawing and Painting of Olot, directed by Josep Berga i Boix and Joaquín Vayreda. Later in Italy and France he received a solid artistic training, and in Paris he attended the workshop of the sculptor Henri Chapu. In 1892 he received the first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid for his sculpture Los primeros fríos, a work that with its modernist language influenced a whole generation of Catalan sculptors. This work was also awarded a gold medal in Barcelona in 1894. In that city is the bronze version3 and in the Botanical Garden Carlos Thays, in Buenos Aires, the marble version, acquired in 1906 by Eduardo Schiaffino. In 1900 he won the first medal at the Universal Exposition in Paris, was awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1901, and remained in the French capital until 1906, when he settled in Madrid, where he was already a recognized artist. He was a great master of sculptors, he had in his workshop among others the Tarragona-born Julio Antonio (1889-1919). He introduces in his sculpture with an extreme naturalism, all the elements of modernism. He collaborated with the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner with a sculpture The popular song, placed in a corner of the facade of the Palace of Catalan Music in Barcelona, a totally modernist work. In 1909 he was appointed member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid and professor of modeling at the School of San Fernando, a position he held until 1925 when he was appointed director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.4 He died on January 22, 1936,5 and was buried in the Sacramental of San Lorenzo in Madrid. MONUMENTS 1903 Monument to Víctor Chávarri. Portugalete (Vizcaya).1906 Monument to Doctor Federico Rubio. Madrid.1907 Sculptural group in the Palace of the Catalan Music. Barcelona.1909 Monument to Mariano Moreno. Buenos Aires (Argentina)1914 Monument to Mesonero Romanos. Madrid.1914 Monument to José Pedro Varela. Montevideo (Uruguay).1914 Monument to the Count of Romanones. Guadalajara. 1910 (inauguration 1922) Group La Paz and bas-reliefs in the Monument to Alfonso XII of the Gardens of the Buen Retiro. Madrid. Sculptural groups in the Fountain of the Plaza de España (Barcelona).

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