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Spanish jewellery designer (1872–1958)

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Lluís Masriera i Rosés (1872–1958) was a Spanish jewellery designer.

Biography

He was born in Barcelona in 1872 to the painter Josep Masriera, who was also a well-known silversmith and, along with his brother Francesc Masriera, ran the family jewelry business started by his father, José Masriera i Vidal.

Lluís Masriera started in his family's workshop and created pieces with the same aesthetic and precision that the workshop had always been known for; one which highlighted technical perfection but little creativity.

Necklace in the form of a nymph.

Education

In 1889, Masriera went to study at the Academy of Beaux Arts in Geneva where he was taught by the enameller Edward Lossier

The geographic positioning afforded him the opportunity to travel to Paris often and frequent the salons. It was in these legendary meetings that Masriera was introduced to the idea of Art Nouveau and the work of René Lalique.

Career

In 1900, at the age of eighteen, Masriera returned to Barcelona and was named the new artistic director of the family workshop and changed the direction and style of the jewellery that was produced.

Inspired by Lalique's designs, Masriera melted down all the family’s existing jewellery stock in order to use the raw materials to redesign the pieces into his new style/aesthetic: Modernisme. The total inventory overhaul was completed in six months. The new collection debuted on Saint Thomas day in 1901 and the pieces "were immediately successful and sold out in a single week."

Masriera continued to create Modernisme pieces until 1913, when he stated in an essay, The Fall of Modernism, that "Modernism dead."

After Art Nouveau had fallen out of favor, Masriera moved on to the Noucentisme school of design which embraced classical, timeless design elements until his death in 1958.

Legacy

His work lives on today under the Bagués-Masriera firm, established in 1985. Today, the store sits on the first floor of an example of Modernisme in Barcelona, Casa Amatller on Passeig de Gràcia. The firm keeps Masiera's art alive by "continu to master the artesian techniques of translucent enamelling and fire enamelling."

See also

References

  1. ^ Montañés, Luis; Barrera, Javier (1987). Joyas. Madrid: Ediciones Antiqvaria. p. 191.
  2. Donate, Merce (2010). Modernisme in the MNAC collections. Barcelona: Lunwerg. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-8480432153.
  3. "Masriera, Master of Modernism | JCK". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. Becker, Vivienne (1998). Art Nouveau Jewelry. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500280782.
  5. Edward Lossier
  6. ^ Cappellieri, Alba (2010). Twentieth-century Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to Contemporary Design in Europe and the United States. Milano: Skira. ISBN 978-8861305328.
  7. ^ Fondevila, Mariàngels (1996). Els Masriera. Barcelona: MNAC/Generalitat de Catalunya Dep. Cultura/Edicions Proa, SA. pp. 37–47. ISBN 978-84-8256-283-4.
  8. Masriera, Lluís (1913). La caída del Modernismo. Barcelona: Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona.
  9. Vélez, Pilar (1999). Joies Masriera, 200 anys d'història. Barcelona: Àmbit. ISBN 8489681333.
  10. "Bagués - Proces Main". www.bagues-masriera.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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