FRANCESC VIDAL JEVELLÃ, (Barcelona, 1848 - 1914). Modernist folding screen, circa 1890. Walnut
FRANCESC VIDAL JEVELLÃ, (Barcelona, 1848 - 1914).
Modernist folding screen, circa 1890.
Walnut wood, cloisonné enamelled glass, with Tiffany glass.
This work was shown in an exhibition held at La Pedrera in Barcelona, "Modernisme. Art, workshops, industries" between 2016 and 2017.
Measurements: 182 x 60.5 cm (each panel).
Similar screens by Francesc Vidal can be found in the MNAC and the Museu del Modernisme.
Two-leaf screen with a wooden structure, with profiles cut out at the top, and large enamelled glass panels with floral motifs that simulate a real lattice, given that the flowers are depicted life-size, with great realism and delicacy in the colours and lighting. In 1880, Francesc Vidal Jevellà 's company was the most important factory in Spain in its sector, with more than 700 specialised workers and the best tools and machinery of the time. Gaspar Homar and Joan Busquets worked as apprentices in the factory when they were young. One of the peculiarities of the factory was that they never repeated the same piece and that they were all made according to the drawings made by their designers to their own taste and style. The first pieces he made were with Mozarabic and neo-Gothic details, the most similar to the products of Bing in Paris, in the Japanese style, of which very few pieces remain.
A cabinetmaker and decorator, Francesc Vidal travelled to Paris to direct the exhibition of his father's bookbinding exhibits at the Universal Exhibition of 1867, and there he had the opportunity to meet other young artists, to study at the School of Decorative Arts and to travel repeatedly around Europe. In 1878 he established himself as an art dealer, and in 1883 he inaugurated a building designed by Vilaseca, an unusual polytechnic complex, where he would work intensively from then on in the production of quality furniture, as well as its complements in glasswork, metalwork and casting. Rigalt and Masriera collaborated in his studio in the foundry, and Joan González, Gaspar Homar and Santiago Marco worked as designers. Vidal's clientele included the gentry and official corporations, and he made the furniture designed by Gaudà for the Güell Palace. He exerted a great influence on the society of his time, and was a patron of talented young artists such as Pau Casals, Isaac Albéniz, C. G. Vidiella, etc. Simón Gómez, in his portrait of this outstanding cabinetmaker, painted perhaps the finest portraits in Catalan painting of his time. Works by Francesc Vidal are currently conserved in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and in the Museu Nacional d'Arts Decoratives, as well as in important private collections.
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FRANCESC VIDAL JEVELLÃ, (Barcelona, 1848 - 1914).
Modernist folding screen, circa 1890.
Walnut wood, cloisonné enamelled glass, with Tiffany glass.
This work was shown in an exhibition held at La Pedrera in Barcelona, "Modernisme. Art, workshops, industries" between 2016 and 2017.
Measurements: 182 x 60.5 cm (each panel).
Similar screens by Francesc Vidal can be found in the MNAC and the Museu del Modernisme.
Two-leaf screen with a wooden structure, with profiles cut out at the top, and large enamelled glass panels with floral motifs that simulate a real lattice, given that the flowers are depicted life-size, with great realism and delicacy in the colours and lighting. In 1880, Francesc Vidal Jevellà 's company was the most important factory in Spain in its sector, with more than 700 specialised workers and the best tools and machinery of the time. Gaspar Homar and Joan Busquets worked as apprentices in the factory when they were young. One of the peculiarities of the factory was that they never repeated the same piece and that they were all made according to the drawings made by their designers to their own taste and style. The first pieces he made were with Mozarabic and neo-Gothic details, the most similar to the products of Bing in Paris, in the Japanese style, of which very few pieces remain.
A cabinetmaker and decorator, Francesc Vidal travelled to Paris to direct the exhibition of his father's bookbinding exhibits at the Universal Exhibition of 1867, and there he had the opportunity to meet other young artists, to study at the School of Decorative Arts and to travel repeatedly around Europe. In 1878 he established himself as an art dealer, and in 1883 he inaugurated a building designed by Vilaseca, an unusual polytechnic complex, where he would work intensively from then on in the production of quality furniture, as well as its complements in glasswork, metalwork and casting. Rigalt and Masriera collaborated in his studio in the foundry, and Joan González, Gaspar Homar and Santiago Marco worked as designers. Vidal's clientele included the gentry and official corporations, and he made the furniture designed by Gaudà for the Güell Palace. He exerted a great influence on the society of his time, and was a patron of talented young artists such as Pau Casals, Isaac Albéniz, C. G. Vidiella, etc. Simón Gómez, in his portrait of this outstanding cabinetmaker, painted perhaps the finest portraits in Catalan painting of his time. Works by Francesc Vidal are currently conserved in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and in the Museu Nacional d'Arts Decoratives, as well as in important private collections.
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