Andrés Larraga

ANDRÉS LARRAGA Y MONTANER (Valtierra, Navarre, 1862 - Barcelona, 1931).
"Almond trees in blossom".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 78 x 150 cm.
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. His first works were characterised by a romantic style of 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 group exhibition, organised at the Sala Parés. In addition to exhibiting regularly in that gallery, he took part in the Extraordinary Fine Arts Exhibitions in Barcelona and in the National Fine Arts Exhibition in Madrid in 1922. Larraga's work is kept in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Navarra.