19th Century

marian vayreda i vila

Born 1853 Died 1903

A Soul Forged in Conflict and Color Marian Vayreda i Vila was far more than a mere practitioner of the arts; he was a living embodiment of the turbulent, shifting identities that defined late 19th-century Catalonia. Born in 1853 in the historic town of Olot, within the Girona province, his very existence was shaped by the echoes of war and the deep-seated traditions of the Alt Garrotxa region. His lineage, rooted in noble Catalan families, carried the scars of the First Carlist War—a conflict that saw his family's ancestral home consumed by flames, forcing a displacement to Girona that would…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of marian vayreda i vila's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

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marian vayreda i vila

1853 - 1903

The Subject Atlas

Spokes — Subject

Rings — Career Period

Threads — Shared Context

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