His first major exhibition came in 1852 and, a year later, he settled in Madrid. In 1858, he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, presenting two major works, one on Don Quixote and one on Columbus, the latter of which gained an "honorable mention".[3] He would continue to participate in the National Exhibitions until 1876. He obtained the Grand Prize at an exposition in Paris in 1866[2] with the "Traslación de San Francisco de Asís" (The Passing of Saint Francis of Assisi).[2]
He was initially influenced by the Nazarene movement, but later switched to Realism,[2] focusing on religious and historic themes. He died in Barcelona, aged 76. A street in Barcelona is named after him.
^ abcdeSantiago Alcolea, Pinturas de la Universidad de Barcelona, Edicions Universitat Barcelona, (1980) ISBN84-85257-21-9[1]
^David Garcia López, Los depósitos del Museo del Prado en el antiguo Museo Provincial de Girona, actual Museo d'Art, Annals de l'Institut d'Estudis Gironins ISSN0213-6228 #42 (2001)[2]
Further reading
DDAA. La col•lecció Raimon Casellas. Barcelona/Madrid: Publicacions del MNAC/Museo del Prado, 1992. ISBN84-87317-21-9.
Enrique Arias Anglés, Relaciones artísticas entre España y América, CSIC Press (1990) ISBN84-00-07065-8[3]