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Life:
Born in Barcelona
in the year 1857.
He studied at Llotja (School of Fine Arts) in Barcelona being the pupil of
Antoni Caba.
Meifrèn discovered the impressionism in his first travel to Paris, and
that style influenced all his work.
His exhibitions in Madrid in 1881, frequent shows in Barcelona - Sala Parés - from 1890, Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1899, Brussels in 1910,
Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires in 1910, Amsterdam in 1912, San
Francisco in 1915 and others, were the reason of his prestige growth and
wide knowledge of his art.
Meifrèn won many prices and awards.
Meifrèn had a close relation with Santiago Rusiñol and the Modernists
(Art Nouveau artists) being part of the Els Quatre Gats group.
Landscapes - specially in Catalonia, Mallorca where he became the Director
of Palma Fine Arts School from 1907, and Canary Islands - are perhaps his most typical paintings, but he also
produced portraits.
Due to his active life, he
travelled in various countries in America as the U.S.A. - where he
painted landscapes of New York and New Jersey - and also in Paraguay
(1915-1917). In Europe, he visited Italy, France and Belgium where he also
painted local landscapes (1910).
After a dynamic activity, he returned to Barcelona in 1917 where at the
end of his life he evolved to expressionism.
His works are exposed in some of the best museums and private collections
all around the world.
Eliseu Meifrèn died in Barcelona in 1940.
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