# Josep Cusachs i Cusachs artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Spanish, French
- Movements: Catalan painting, late 19th century academic/military tradition
- Common media: oil painting, drawing

## About Josep Cusachs i Cusachs

Josep Cusachs i Cusachs (1851–1908) was a Catalan painter and draftsman born in Montpellier, France, to Spanish parents. After a long military career spanning roughly three decades in the Carlist Wars, Cusachs turned fully to art, studying under the French academic painter Édouard Detaille in Paris before settling in Barcelona. His firsthand experience of conflict shaped a body of work focused on battle scenes, military subjects, and historical narratives, alongside animal depictions and genre paintings. Cusachs occupies a distinctive place in late nineteenth-century Catalan art, bridging French academic military-painting traditions and the Catalan cultural revival centered in Barcelona.

## Common works and media

Cusachs is most associated with oil-on-canvas battle scenes and military genre paintings, often depicting cavalry engagements and campaign episodes. He also produced drawings and works on paper featuring animal subjects and historical tableaux. His works are typically signed in one of his several name forms, so auction records may list him under variant spellings.

## Market and appraisal context

Cusachs' works appear at auction primarily as oil paintings and drawings of military, historical, and animal subjects. His training under Detaille and his direct battlefield experience give his work a particular authenticity that collectors of military art value. When assessing a Cusachs work, provenance documentation, condition, subject specificity, and whether the piece connects to a documented campaign or historical event are key factors. Comparable results should be checked across Spanish, French, and broader European 19th-century painting sales.

## Appraisily data basis

This Appraisily artist page combines verified identity research from library authority files and art-historical databases with available auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lot data. Biographical facts are drawn from the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, VIAF, the Getty Union List of Artist Names, and Wikidata.

## Sources

- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/130085
- VIAF (OCLC): https://viaf.org/viaf/96572204/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500120792
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11039545
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Cusachs
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91035698