Andres Larraga

ANDRÉS LARRAGA Y MONTANER (Valtierra, Navarra, 1862 - Barcelona, 1931).
"Bullfighting".
Oil on ceramic plates.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 31 x 31 cm; 42 x 42 cm (frame).

Larraga began his artistic training in Barcelona, as a disciple of Josep Armet, a landscape painter and follower of Martí Alsina and the Barbizon school. Thus, his first works were characterized by a romantic landscape painting, with references to Millet. In 1886 he arrived in Paris, where he came into contact with the work of Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet, as well as with impressionist painting. It is not known how long the painter stayed in Paris, although it is known that he alternated his trips with stays in Barcelona, where in 1887 he took part in his first collective exhibition, organized in the Sala Parés. In addition to exhibiting regularly in that hall, he participated in the Extraordinary Exhibitions of Fine Arts in Barcelona and in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1922. Larraga's work is preserved in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and in the Museum of Fine Arts of Navarra.