Miquel Sallarès

MIQUEL SALLARÈS I MAS (Sabadell, 1848 - 1905).
"Snowy landscape with figures".
Oil on panel.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 32 x 46 cm; 51 x 64 cm (frame).

Miquel Sallarès was a painter specialized mainly in landscapes. He was linked to the cultural and artistic environment of Sabadell at the end of the 19th century and is considered one of the outstanding local artists of that time. In addition to his artistic activity, he participated in social and cultural initiatives in the city. Together with the ceramist and activist Marian Burguès and other Sabadellians, he founded the "Sociedad Espiritista la Fraternidad", an entity that helped people affected by a smallpox epidemic. His surviving works are mainly landscapes. The Museum of Art of Sabadell (MAS) conserves a dozen of his works, two of which are part of the permanent exhibition. His works show a very homogeneous and representative style of the Catalan academicism of the 19th century. Although not much is known about his career, his participation in the Collective Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts of Sabadell in 1887 is documented. He died in Sabadell on September 16, 1905.