Josep Berga Boix (La Pinya, Girona, 1837 - Olot, Girona, 1914). Untitled, 1882. Oil on canvas. With a label on the back for the Fine Arts exhibition of 1882.

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JOSEP BERGA BOIX (La Pinya, Girona, 1837 - Olot, Girona, 1914). Untitled, 1882. Oil on canvas. With a label on the back for the Fine Arts exhibition of 1882. Severe damage to the frame. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 48 x 34 cm; 68 x 53 cm (frame). Painter and writer, Joseph Berga i Boix had to go into exile in France because of the Third Carlist War. He returned in 1868, called by his friend Joaquín Vayreda to direct the Artistic Centre, a private painting academy created around the painters of the Olot school. Under his tutelage the sculptors Josep Clarà and Miquel Blay, among others, were trained. But what he excelled most in was painting, with a marked realism, through which he was able to bring the great Olot landscape to the canvas with a very personal style. As an illustrator he collaborated with the magazine "Catalunya Artistica". His works are kept in the Museum of Modern Art in Olot, the Abbey of Montserrat, the Art Museum of Girona and the Regional Museum of La Garrotxa, as well as in various private collections.