Lluís Rigalt Facts for Kids

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal family name is Rigalt and the second or maternal family name is Farriols; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Quick facts for kids Lluís Rigalt i Farriols
Portrait of Lluís Rigalt (1840) by Ramon Vives Ayné
Born	1814 Barcelona
Died	1894 (aged 79–80) Barcelona
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Painter
Movement	Romanticism

Lluís Rigalt i Farriols (born in 1814, died in 1894) was a Spanish artist. He was known for painting landscapes and creating drawings.

About Lluís Rigalt
- His Art and Barcelona
- Teaching and Other Works
Selected paintings
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About Lluís Rigalt

Lluís Rigalt i Farriols was born in Barcelona, Spain. He came from a family of artists. His father, Pau Rigalt, was a painter and designed stage sets. His uncle Joaquim was an architect.

Lluís was a quiet child and often had poor health throughout his life. He learned art from his father at the Escola de la Llotja in Barcelona. Later, he went to Madrid to study with another artist, Jenaro Pérez Villaamil.

His Art and Barcelona

During the 1830s and 1840s, there was some political trouble in Catalonia, the region where Barcelona is located. Even though Lluís Rigalt stayed out of politics, these events quietly influenced his art. He spent a lot of his time drawing scenes from the city instead of painting.

After things became more peaceful, Barcelona started a period of big changes and new building projects. In 1859, a major city plan by Ildefonso Cerdá led to many old buildings being torn down. Because of this, Rigalt's drawings from the years before are often the only pictures we have of those old structures today. His art helps us remember what Barcelona looked like a long time ago.

Teaching and Other Works

Lluís Rigalt was a professor of perspective at the Escola de la Llotja. This means he taught students how to draw things to look like they have depth and distance. He was also made an Academician of Merit by the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, which is a very important art academy in Spain. He was also a member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.

In 1855, he helped prepare the Spanish art display for a big art show in Paris called the Exposition Universelle.

Besides his paintings and drawings, Rigalt also did decorative work. He created art for Queen Isabel II of Spain when she visited Barcelona. He also designed decorations for the funeral of General Francisco Javier Castaños in 1852. Following his father's footsteps, he designed and painted sets for theaters, like the Teatro de Gracia and the Teatro de la Comedia. He also illustrated several books, including Enciclopédico Pintoresco de Artes Industriales and España Pintoresca. Lluís Rigalt passed away in Barcelona when he was about eighty years old.