Eliseo Meifrén Roig Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eliseo Meifrén Roig Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 13, 2025
ELISEU MEIFRÉN ROIG (1859-1940). 'Seascape'.
Est: €2,500 - €4,500
Oil on canvas. Signed. It has a label of certification by Barrachina on the back. 47.5 x 32 cm; 73.5 x 57 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jan. 15, 2025
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "The garden of my house". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled on the back.
Est: €25,000 - €26,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "The garden of my house". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled on the back. Measurements: 80 x 85 cm; 100 x 105 cm (frame). The gardens occupy a chapter apart in Meifrèn's painting, bequeathing us important oil paintings of the gardens of Aranjuez, but also patios and gardens of his different residences, especially in Majorca, as well as those of his friends. He developed fruitful variations on the theme, reaching the peak of his art in some of them, as is the case of the family garden corner we are dealing with here. Meifrèn offers us a work exuberant with light and color, with an impressionistic treatment of the extensive garden of almost palatial appearance, of which we only see a fragment. The bower welcomes the vines and fruit canopies whose branches play with the earthen ground, tracing moving shadows. The hedges, resolved with quick but precise and impastoed brushstrokes, giving texture and depth, are aligned in emerald and lime green tones, scattering across the terrain. In the background, we glimpse a mansion and a fountain, or perhaps a hermitage, camouflaged among the vegetation. The whole evokes a Mediterranean landscape, sunny and welcoming. The title evokes a sensation of an intimate and familiar space, a refuge of which the painting leaves testimony, inviting us to a slow contemplation. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly since then. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 12, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "View of Venice", ca. 1889. Charcoal and chalk drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €700 - €750
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "View of Venice", ca. 1889. Charcoal and chalk drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 10.3 x 6.4 cm; 24 x 28.5 cm (frame). The work in bidding coincides with the visit of Eliseo Meifrén to Italy in 1889. After an exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona some time before, the Catalan painter auctioned the unsold works and with that money he visited part of the Italian territory: Lake Como, Naples and, as we can see in this charcoal, Venice. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to paint romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the "plen air" painting, which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal view". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,500 - €2,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal view". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 35 x 45 cm; 47 x 57 cm (frame). The one that we now present is a work of Meifrén already clearly impressionist, with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment of the landscape, that leaves aside the meticulous description of the natural model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and totally plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms, spaces and volumes based on juxtaposing colors. The forms are blurred and become pure expressive stain; the light, worked and thought, acquires a renewed prominence, and nature takes on a new atmospheric dimension, which goes beyond the pure reproduction of reality. A disciple of Antonio Caba at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, after finishing his studies he spent some time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism and became acquainted with "plen air" painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and, that same year, he won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition of Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. Although he also dedicated himself to portraiture, Meifrèn was eminently a landscape and marine painter. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He made several trips in search of new landscapes, especially to France but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid (1881), Chicago (1893), Paris (1899), Brussels (1910), Santiago de Chile (1910), Buenos Aires (1910), Amsterdam (1912) and San Francisco (1915), among many other cities around the world. His style began with the detailed realism that dominated the Catalan school at the end of the 19th century, and gradually evolved towards impressionism, a language that would not be fully evident in his work until his last years. Throughout his career he won a multitude of awards, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize in Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "View of Venice", ca. 1889. Charcoal and chalk drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €700 - €750
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "View of Venice", ca. 1889. Charcoal and chalk drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 10.3 x 6.4 cm; 24 x 28.5 cm (frame). The work in bidding coincides with the visit of Eliseo Meifrén to Italy in 1889. After an exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona some time before, the Catalan painter auctioned the unsold works and with that money he visited part of the Italian territory: Lake Como, Naples and, as we can see in this charcoal, Venice. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to paint romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the "plen air" painting, which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 15, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €3,000 - €3,500
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 65 x 52 cm; 82 x 70 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 12, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 53 x 62 cm; 71 x 80 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly since then. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 12, 2024
Eliseo Meifrén Roig CADAQUES VIEW (Barcelona, 1859-1940)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Oil on canvas, total measurements with frame: 40 x 40 cm. Reference bibliography: Eliseo Meifrén i Roig, cat. exp., Pamplona, Caja Navarra, 2001. Provenance: property of an important private collection in Barcelona, lots 270 to 318 (both inclusive).
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 25, 2024
"Afternoon Sun", Eliseo Meifrén Roig (Barcelona, 1859-1940)
Est: €35,000 - €40,000
Oil on canvas, total measurements with frame: 76 x 86 cm. Reference bibliography: Eliseo Meifrén i Roig, cat. exp., Pamplona, Caja Navarra, 2001. Provenance: property of an important private collection in Barcelona, lots 270 to 318 (both inclusive).
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 25, 2024
Eliseo Meifrén Roig (Barcelona, 1859-1940)
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
Oil on canvas, total measurements with frame: 66 x 77 cm. Reference bibliography: Eliseo Meifrén i Roig, cat. exp., Pamplona, Caja Navarra, 2001. Provenance: property of an important private collection in Barcelona, lots 270 to 318 (both inclusive).
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 22, 2024
ELISEO MEIFREN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Marine"
Est: €3,750 - €5,000
Oil on panel Signed in the lower right corner. It presents occasional polychrome losses. Certificate of authenticity from Barrachina-Ramoneda with nºD/C.-89/nº127 dated April 12, 1989 is attached. Measurements: 35 x 26 cm
Ansorena
Jul. 22, 2024
ELISEO MEIFREN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Road to the farm"
Est: €60,000 - €80,000
Oil on canvas Eliseo Meifren moved to the Canary Islands in 1897, invited by Eusebio Navarro, President of the Literary Cabinet of Las Palmas. This work was commissioned from the painter when he spent long periods of time in the capital's neighborhood of San Cristobal by the sea, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It is the largest of a series of six that hung on the walls of the dining room of a palace house in that city. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 250 x 192 cm
Ansorena
Jul. 11, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 65 x 52 cm; 82 x 70 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 11, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €2,000 - €2,500
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 70 x 36 cm; 84 x 50 cm (frame). Eliseo Meifrèn offers us a clearly impressionist work, with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment of the landscape, which leaves aside the meticulous description of the natural model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and totally plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms, spaces and volumes based on juxtaposing colors. The forms are blurred and become pure expressive stain; the light, worked and thought, acquires a renewed prominence, and nature takes on a new atmospheric dimension, which goes beyond the pure reproduction of reality. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 11, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 34 x 45 cm; 52 x 63 cm (frame). A tholos of white marble is outlined next to a sky blue sea bordered with foam, which opens towards the horizon, leaving in the foreground a lush meadow. This is a landscape painted with vibrant brushstrokes and rapid strokes, characteristic of Meifrén's work. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 06, 2024
ELISEU MEIFRÉN ROIG (1859-1940). "LANDSCAPE".
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. 50 x 33 cm; 70 x 54 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
May. 23, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Village street". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 65 x 52 cm; 82 x 70 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 23, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 – 1940). “Boats on the shore.” Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has small tears in the lower margin. Presents restoration.
Est: €3,500 - €3,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 – 1940). “Boats on the shore.” Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has small tears in the lower margin. Presents restoration. Measurements: 50.5 x 60 cm; 67 x 77 cm (frame). A disciple of Antonio Caba at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, after completing his studies he spent time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of Impressionism and learned about “à plen air” painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and, that same year, obtained the gold medal at the Valencia Regional Exhibition. The following year he made his individual debut at the Parés room in Barcelona, where he will continue to exhibit regularly since then. He was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. Although he also dedicated himself to portraiture, Meifrèn was eminently a landscape and marinist. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and also used to paint Majorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts of Palma). He made various trips in search of new landscapes, especially to France but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid (1881), Chicago (1893), Paris (1899), Brussels (1910), Santiago de Chile (1910), Buenos Aires (1910), Amsterdam (1912) and San Francisco (1915), among many other cities around the world. His style started from the detailed realism that dominated the Catalan school at the end of the 19th century, gradually evolving towards impressionism, a language that would not be completely evident in his work until his final years. Throughout his career he obtained many awards, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and in Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize from Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Expositions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held in the Palacio de la Virreina. He is represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 23, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 53 x 62 cm; 71 x 80 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly since then. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 15, 2024
Eliseo Meifrén Roig (Spanish, 1859-1940) Oil on Canvas, "Figural Landscape", H 23.75" W 39.25"
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Eliseo Meifren Y Roig painting depicting a female figure at waters edge with a flock of geese. Signed "E. Meifren" lower left and framed H. 28.5" x W. 44".
DuMouchelles
Mar. 12, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Landscape". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Presents label on the back of the Barcelona gallery Artur Ramon.
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Landscape". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Presents label on the back of the Barcelona gallery Artur Ramon. Measurements: 61 x 74 cm; 88 x 102 cm (frame). In this lacustrine landscape furrowed of boats, Meifrèn captures with demonstrated genius the luminous impressions and the movement of fishermen and passers-by, showing a great synthetic capacity in his stroke and palette. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the "plen air" painting, which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 12, 2024
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Venice". Oil on wood. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €3,400 - €3,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Venice". Oil on wood. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 25 x 19 cm; 41 x 35 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he was a disciple of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to create romantic landscapes of academic style. After finishing his studies, in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he got to know first hand the painting "à plen air", which would influence him powerfully in his Parisian landscapes of those years. Likewise, in Paris he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he made contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he participated in the Regional Exhibition of Valencia, and won a gold medal. Once back in Barcelona, in 1880 he made his individual debut in the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he would continue to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he made numerous drawings and watercolors with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm welcome from French critics and the French public. At the end of the eighties he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centro de Acuarelistas. Also, in 1888 he was a member of the jury of the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned for the third time to the French capital, where he participated in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and in the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group a year earlier. In the following years Meifrèn would send his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, among them the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded the third medal at the Paris Universal of 1889 and 1899, silver medal at the Brussels Universal of 1910, grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal of the same year, medal of honor at the San Francisco International of 1915 and grand prize at the San Diego International of the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize of Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterized by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; abandoning the Roman preciosism, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and clear palette, in which the luminous conception approaches symbolist budgets, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 04, 2024
ELISEO MEIFREN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Coastal landscape"
Est: €7,500 - €10,000
Oil on canvas Signed in the lower right corner Measurements: 32.5 x 46 cm
Ansorena
Jan. 24, 2024
ELISEO MEIFReN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Landscape"
Est: €5,250 - €7,000
Oil on cardboard Signed in the lower right corner. On the back with image, dedication and signature. Measurements: 34 x 45 cm
Ansorena
Nov. 29, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 – 1940). “Boats on the shore.” Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has small tears in the lower margin. Presents restoration.
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 – 1940). “Boats on the shore.” Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has small tears in the lower margin. Presents restoration. Measurements: 50.5 x 60 cm; 67 x 77 cm (frame). A disciple of Antonio Caba at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, after completing his studies he spent time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of Impressionism and learned about “à plen air” painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and, that same year, obtained the gold medal at the Valencia Regional Exhibition. The following year he made his individual debut at the Parés room in Barcelona, where he will continue to exhibit regularly since then. He was part of the modernist group, and frequented Els Quatre Gats. Although he also dedicated himself to portraiture, Meifrèn was eminently a landscape and marinist. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and also used to paint Majorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts of Palma). He made various trips in search of new landscapes, especially to France but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid (1881), Chicago (1893), Paris (1899), Brussels (1910), Santiago de Chile (1910), Buenos Aires (1910), Amsterdam (1912) and San Francisco (1915), among many other cities around the world. His style started from the detailed realism that dominated the Catalan school at the end of the 19th century, gradually evolving towards impressionism, a language that would not be completely evident in his work until his final years. Throughout his career he obtained many awards, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and in Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize from Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Expositions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). In 1952, the Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held in the Palacio de la Virreina. He is represented in the Prado Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 10, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner. Attached certificate issued by Mr. Marçal Barrachina.
Est: €25,000 - €30,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner. Attached certificate issued by D. Marçal Barrachina. Work published in colour in "El Paisatgisme a Catalunya", Francesc Fontbona and Ramón Manent, Edicions Destino Barcelona, p. 133. Size: 53.5 x 64.5 cm; 81 x 92.5 cm (frame). Meifrèn's first works located in the Empordà village of Cadaqués date from 1883, specifically at an Art Exhibition at the Ateneu in Barcelona, where he presented, among other works, a "Marina de Cadaqués". A staunch traveller, throughout his successful career Meifrèn travelled all over Europe and much of South America (holding numerous exhibitions in Argentina, Chile and Paraguay). In 1916 he arrived in the United States, where he finally settled in New York. However, despite all this busy life, he always had the reference point of Cadaqués, where he lived with the locals, spent many years in summer, helped the fishermen economically in years of precariousness and, above all, painted. He dedicated countless works to this area, from La Riba to Port Lligat, on paper, panel or canvas. This was his own pleasure and also in response to public demand; like Venice in his day, Cadaqués was a "trademark" for Eliseo Meifrèn. This work shows us a Meifrèn with a mature style, reflected in a purely chromatic and luminous treatment. The loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures shapes and spaces by juxtaposing colours. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with painting "à plen air", which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 03, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Marina". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €30,000 - €35,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Marina". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 80 x 100 cm; 100 x 120 cm (frame). The one we present here is a clearly impressionist navy, with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment of the landscape, which leaves aside the meticulous description of the natural model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and totally plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms, spaces and volumes based on juxtaposing colours. The forms are blurred and become purely expressive stains; the light, worked and thought out, acquires a renewed protagonism, and nature takes on a new atmospheric dimension, which goes beyond the pure reproduction of reality. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first to introduce the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with painting "à plen air", which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 19, 2023
ELISEU MEIFRÉN ROIG (1859-1940). "ROOFS".
Est: €2,000 - €3,500
Oil on canvas. Signed. Relined. The name of the artist and a reference number are indicated on the back of the canvas. 38 x 47 cm; 54 x 62 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jul. 13, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÉN ROIG Peña Morera, Cadaqués
Est: -
ELISEO MEIFRÉN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940) "Peña Morera, Cadaqués" Óleo sobre lienzo 44,5 x 69,5 cm Firmado: E. Meifrén
Arte Subastas Bilbao
Jun. 21, 2023
ELISEU MEIFRÉN ROIG (1859-1940). "NIGHT LANDSCAPE".
Est: €39,000 - €50,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. With Barrachina & Ramoneda label - Preservation and restoration of paintings. 81 x 176 cm; 111 x 207 cm (frame).
Subarna Subastas
Jun. 21, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Shipwreck". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. With label on the back of Barrachina and Ramoneda.
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Shipwreck". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. With label on the back of Barrachina and Ramoneda. Measurements: 54 x 73 cm; 82 x 101 cm (frame). In this canvas Meifrèn captures an image of romantic heritage, both in the thematic, dramatic and narrative, and in the own way of conceiving the landscape at expressive and formal level. It is a magnificent seascape with a stormy atmosphere, vehement because of the waves crashing violently against each other, among whose foamy crests rises the almost completely collapsed hull of a burning sailing ship that is capsizing, about to be shipwrecked. Meifrèn chooses a moment of tension, prior to the shipwreck, which nevertheless sums up the whole story. A disciple of Antonio Caba at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, after completing his studies he spent some time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of Impressionism and became acquainted with "plen air" painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and that same year he won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition in Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He made several trips in search of new landscapes, mainly to France but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Spain, the United States, France, Belgium, Chile, Argentina and Holland. Throughout his career he won numerous prizes, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize in Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). He is represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 14, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÉN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Landscape with church"
Est: €12,000 - €16,000
Oil on canvas glued to cardboard Dedicated and signed in the lower right corner Measurements: 37 x 46 cm
Ansorena
Jun. 12, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €25,000 - €30,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 53 x 64 cm; 71 x 82.5 cm (frame). The mythical Empordà village was one of Meifrèn's favourite places. Throughout his life he made repeated visits to Cadaqués, and despite his successful itineraries around the world, he never lost sight of the peaceful life licked by the Mediterranean. This painting belongs to a period of maturity, in which the mastery of light is remarkable, resulting in accomplished verdigris glazes, in beautiful contrast with the line of whitewashed houses and the vibrant figures swarming around their edges. A disciple of Antonio Caba at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, Meifrèn spent some time in Paris after completing his studies, where he became acquainted with painting "à plen air". He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and that same year won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition in Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He held exhibitions in Spain, other European countries, the United States and Latin America. Throughout his career he won numerous prizes, including the first medals at the National Fine Arts Exhibitions in Madrid and Barcelona, the Nonell Prize, the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires and San Diego. He is represented in the Prado Museum, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 30, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal landscape". Oil on thick cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. With label on the back of the Gaspar Room. The cardboard has slight visible folds in the painting.
Est: €1,400 - €1,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal Landscape". Oil on thick cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. With Sala Gaspar label on the back. The cardboard has slight visible folds in the painting. Measurements: 12 x 14,5 cm; 28 x 31 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with "plen air" painting, which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 08, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Cadaqués Landscape". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €4,000 - €4,500
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Cadaqués Landscape". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner. With label on the back by Barrachina and Ramoneda. And another label on which we read: "study that appeared in the homage exhibition organised by the Barcelona City Council, and in whose catalogue it appeared with the number 130". Work published in the biography of the artist, written by Mercè Vidal (Ausa, 2011). pg. 400. Size: 18.5 x 24 cm; 41.5 x 46.5 cm (frame). Meifrén was closely linked to Cadaqués. Already in his early exhibition in the Ateneu de Barcelona, in 1883, he included landscapes of the Empordà town. In 1911 he was made an adopted son of the town and the following year, in 1912, he bought a fishermen's house in Port-Lligat. This "Cadaqués Landscape" was probably painted during these years. On this occasion, instead of repeating the much exploited corner of the picturesque bay, he opted for a less iconic setting, with a few houses dotting the land, next to a dirt road. With generous touches of subject matter and a sober palette but full of nuances, he delights us with a symphony of earthy and caramel tones in the evening light. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with "plen air" painting, which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome; there he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina.
Setdart Auction House
May. 08, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal landscape". Oil on thick cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. With label on the back of the Gaspar Room. The cardboard has slight visible folds in the painting.
Est: €1,400 - €1,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal Landscape". Oil on thick cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. With Sala Gaspar label on the back. The cardboard has slight visible folds in the painting. Measurements: 12 x 14,5 cm; 28 x 31 cm (frame). Painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered to be one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with "plen air" painting, which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 08, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Coastal view". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €4,000 - €4,500
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Coastal View". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 32,5 x 21 cm; 59 x 46 cm (frame). Eliseo Meifrèn offers us a clearly impressionist work, with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment of the landscape, which leaves aside the meticulous description of the natural model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and totally plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms, spaces and volumes based on juxtaposing colours. The forms are blurred and become purely expressive stains; the light, worked and thought out, acquires a renewed protagonism, and nature takes on a new atmospheric dimension, which goes beyond the pure reproduction of reality. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first to introduce the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with painting "à plen air", which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
May. 08, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "River landscape". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. Attached certificate issued by Barrachina.
Est: €5,000 - €5,500
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "River landscape". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. Attached certificate issued by Barrachina. Measurements: 19,5 x 29 cm; 49 x 57,5 cm (frame). Eliseo Meifrèn offers us a clearly impressionist work, with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment of the landscape, which leaves aside the meticulous description of the natural model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and totally plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms, spaces and volumes based on juxtaposing colours. The forms are blurred and become purely expressive stains; the light, worked and thought out, acquires a renewed protagonism, and nature takes on a new atmospheric dimension, which goes beyond the pure reproduction of reality. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first to introduce the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with painting "à plen air", which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 25, 2023
Meifren Roig, Eliseo (1859 Barcelona 1940), att.
Est: €100 - €120
Sonnenuntergang mit Wolkenstudie an einer Küste. Öl/Holztafel (Risse), li. u. ELISEO R. 15x 25 cm. PP. (verklebt), R.
Dannenberg
Mar. 13, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €30,000 - €35,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Cadaqués". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner. Attached certificate issued by D. Marçal Barrachina. Work published in colour in "El Paisatgisme a Catalunya", Francesc Fontbona and Ramón Manent, Edicions Destino Barcelona, p. 133. Size: 53.5 x 64.5 cm; 81 x 92.5 cm (frame). Meifrèn's first works located in the Empordà village of Cadaqués date from 1883, specifically at an Art Exhibition at the Ateneu in Barcelona, where he presented, among other works, a "Marina de Cadaqués". A staunch traveller, throughout his successful career Meifrèn travelled all over Europe and much of South America (holding numerous exhibitions in Argentina, Chile and Paraguay). In 1916 he arrived in the United States, where he finally settled in New York. However, despite all this busy life, he always had the reference point of Cadaqués, where he lived with the locals, spent many years in summer, helped the fishermen economically in years of precariousness and, above all, painted. He dedicated countless works to this area, from La Riba to Port Lligat, on paper, panel or canvas. This was his own pleasure and also in response to public demand; like Venice in his day, Cadaqués was a "trademark" for Eliseo Meifrèn. This work shows us a Meifrèn with a mature style, reflected in a purely chromatic and luminous treatment. The loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures shapes and spaces by juxtaposing colours. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with painting "à plen air", which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Feb. 22, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÉN ROIG Barcelona (1859 / 1940) "Landscape of Mallorca"
Est: €10,500 - €14,000
Oil on panel Signed in the lower right corner Measurements: 37 x 45 cm
Ansorena
Feb. 22, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÉN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Cadaqués by night"
Est: €12,000 - €16,000
Charcoal and gouache on cardboard glued to canvas Signed in the lower left corner Measurements: 110 x 110 cm
Ansorena
Feb. 22, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÉN Y ROIG Barcelona (1859) / (1940) "Cadaqués by night"
Est: €12,000 - €16,000
Gouache and charcoal on cardboard attached to canvas Signed in the lower left corner Measurements: 110 x 110 cm
Ansorena
Feb. 14, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Bay of Cadaqués". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Bay of Cadaqués". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 23 x 32 cm; 57 x 66 cm (frame). A disciple of Antonio Caba at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, after finishing his studies he spends some time in Paris, where he coincides with the public beginning of impressionism and gets to know "plen air" painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and that same year he won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition in Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He made several trips in search of new landscapes, mainly to France but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Spain, the United States, France, Belgium, Chile, Argentina and Holland. Throughout his career he won numerous prizes, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize in Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). He is represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
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Jan. 25, 2023
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Landscape. Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
Est: €1,500 - €1,800
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Landscape. Charcoal on paper. Signed in the lower right-hand corner. Size: 50 x 66 cm; 79 x 95 cm (frame). A disciple of Antonio Caba at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, after finishing his studies he spent some time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of impressionism and became acquainted with "plen air" painting. He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and that same year he won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition in Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. Although he was also a portraitist, Meifrèn was eminently a landscape and marine painter. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He made several trips in search of new landscapes, especially to France, but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid (1881), Chicago (1893), Paris (1899), Brussels (1910), Santiago de Chile (1910), Buenos Aires (1910), Amsterdam (1912) and San Francisco (1915), among many other cities around the world. His style began with the detailed realism that dominated the Catalan school at the end of the 19th century and gradually evolved towards Impressionism, a language that would not be fully evident in his work until his later years. Thus, in his maturity we see a landscape painting with a purely chromatic and luminous treatment, which leaves aside the meticulous description of the real model to capture an impression of nature, a purely visual and purely plastic image, in which the loose, impastoed and precise brushstroke configures forms and spaces based on the juxtaposition of colours. Throughout his career he won numerous prizes, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize in Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
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Dec. 13, 2022
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1859 - 1940). "Landscape. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 14 x 18 cm; 43 x 47 cm (frame). A hermitage appears among the wild vegetation, situating the scene in the valley of a mountain that seems steep, with abrupt rocks. As usual in Meifrén's landscapes, the artist dispensed with anecdotal matters to focus on purely pictorial values, omitting the depiction of figures and secondary elements to concentrate on the agile, impressionistic brushstrokes for which he was known. The trees are reduced to the minimum elements, verging on abstract language, and yet they manage to convey the essence of their condition. A disciple of Antonio Caba at the La Lonja School in Barcelona, after completing his studies he spent some time in Paris, where he coincided with the public beginning of Impressionism and became acquainted with painting "à plen air". He returned to Barcelona in 1879 and that same year won the gold medal at the Regional Exhibition in Valencia. The following year he made his individual debut at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. He was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. Although he was also a portraitist, Meifrèn was eminently a landscape and marine painter. He was one of the discoverers of the pictorial possibilities of Cadaqués, and he also used to paint Mallorcan landscapes (he was director of the School of Fine Arts in Palma). He made several trips in search of new landscapes, especially to France, but also to the Canary Islands, Belgium, Italy and the United States. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid (1881), Chicago (1893), Paris (1899), Brussels (1910), Santiago de Chile (1910), Buenos Aires (1910), Amsterdam (1912) and San Francisco (1915), among many other cities around the world. His style began with the detailed realism that dominated the Catalan school at the end of the 19th century and gradually evolved towards Impressionism, a language that would not be fully evident in his work until his last years. Throughout his career he won numerous prizes, including the first medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid (1906) and Barcelona (1896), the Nonell prize in Barcelona (1935), the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1888) and the grand prizes at the International Exhibitions of Buenos Aires (1910) and San Diego (1916). In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palacio de la Virreina. He is represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 02, 2022
ELISEO MEIFRÉN ROIG Barcelona (1859 / 1940) "Landscape"
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 12.5 x 20 cm.
Ansorena
Oct. 19, 2022
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal view". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €4,500 - €5,000
ELISEO MEIFRÈN ROIG (Barcelona, 1857 - 1940). "Coastal View". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 34 x 54 cm; 74 x 80 cm (frame). In this canvas Meifrèn portrays the coast of a possible village of Majorca, showing us some coastal houses captured from a steep corner, a high point that allows the view to be recreated in the serene landscape. A painter of landscapes and seascapes, Eliseo Meifrèn is considered one of the first introducers of the Impressionist movement in Catalonia. He began his artistic training at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Antonio Caba and Ramón Martí Alsina, with whom he began to produce romantic landscapes of academic style. After completing his studies in 1878, he moved to Paris in order to broaden his artistic knowledge, and there he became acquainted at first hand with "plen air" painting, which was to have a powerful influence on his Parisian landscapes of those years. It was also in Paris that he coincided with the public debut of Impressionism. A year later he made a trip to Italy, during which he visited Naples, Florence, Venice and Rome, where he came into contact with the circle of Catalan artists formed by Ramón Tusquets, Arcadio Mas i Fondevila, Enrique Serra, Antonio Fabrés and Joan Llimona, among others. That same year, 1879, he took part in the Regional Exhibition in Valencia, where he won a gold medal. Back in Barcelona in 1880, he made his individual debut in 1880 at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, where he continued to exhibit regularly from then on. During these years he was a member of the Modernist group and frequented Els Quatre Gats. In 1883 he returned to Paris, where he produced numerous drawings and watercolours with views of the city and its cafés, which earned him a warm reception from the French critics and public. In the late 1980s he returned to Barcelona and continued to show his work at the Sala Parés, as well as at the Centre de Aquarelistes. In 1888 he was also a member of the jury for the Universal Exhibition held in Barcelona. In 1890 he returned to the French capital for the third time, where he took part in the Salon des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Indépendants of 1892, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol, artists with whom he had formed the Sitges pictorial group the previous year. In the following years Meifrèn submitted his works to numerous official exhibitions and competitions, including the National Exhibitions of Madrid and Barcelona, and was awarded third medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1899, a silver medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition of 1910, a grand prize at the Buenos Aires Universal Exhibition of the same year, a medal of honour at the San Francisco International Exhibition of 1915 and a grand prize at the San Diego Exhibition the following year. He also won the Nonell Prize in Barcelona in 1935. In 1952, Barcelona City Council dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, held at the Palau de la Virreina. His initial landscapes, characterised by an academic and romantic concept, would later evolve towards an impressionist language; having abandoned Romanesque preciosity, his would be a technique of loose brushstrokes and a clear palette, in which the luminous conception approached symbolist premises, within the orbit of Modesto Urgell. He is currently represented in the Museo del Prado, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, among many others.
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