JOSE MIRALLES DARMANIN (Vall d'Uxo, Castellón, 1850 - 1900). "Reading in the forest." Oil on canvas.

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Classics XIX and XX

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May 18, 2021

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  JOSE MIRALLES DARMANIN (Vall d'Uxo, Castellón, 1850 - 1900). "Reading in the forest." Oil on canvas. Measurements: 45 x 31.5 cm; 64 x 50.5 cm (frame). We can see in this canvas a magnificent landscape of impastoed brushstrokes and delicate chromatism, in which are placed two figures dressed in the fashion of the 18th century, in a gallant attitude, following the models of the Rococo period. This type of scenes, of gallant and hedonistic theme, cheerful and colorful, worked with a precious and descriptive workmanship, were frequent during the second half of the 19th century, within the context of historicism. They belong to the genre called "de casacones" in Spain, and "tableautin" in France, characterized by works inspired by an idealized past, frequently from the 17th and 18th centuries, normally of small or medium format and destined to an eminently bourgeois clientele. One of the first examples of this genre is "Il Contino", by Mariano Fortuny, dated 1861 and preserved in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia. This work by Fortuny already shows some of the basic characteristics of the genre, such as the technical delicacy of the figures, highlighting all the details with a great preciosity, the careful light and atmospheric representation or the bright and luminous colors. Brother of the painter Enrique Miralles Darmanin, José Miralles was trained at the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos de Valencia, where he was especially influenced by Francisco Domingo. Specializing in military and costumbrista themes, he completed his training in Rome and Paris, the latter city where he settled with his brother. There he worked for the prominent art dealer Adolphe Goupil, and devoted himself to painting "tableautins", costumbrist works of small format, to which he frequently incorporated figures of soldiers, soldiers and musketeers.
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