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Catalog and inventories of books, paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, jewelry, numismatics and other art objects acquired by José de Martí Cardeñas

Date
1851 - 1903
Archive
County Archive of Ribera d’Ebre
Document type
Textual
Reference code
ACRE340-62-T2-397
Link to the online document
Description

ACRE manages the fund of the Domènech-Martí family, a lineage with branches, among other Catalan towns, in Barcelona and Vinebre. Among the members of this lineage, José de Martí Cardeñas (1819–1903) stands out, a Barcelona native married to Dolores Castellví Domènech from Vinebre, who was a great fan of art. Cardeñas participated in the Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888, to which he contributed several pieces, in addition to being curator of Fine Arts. We know of at least three works by him to promote artistic practice, such as the book Ideas sobre el arte y sus medios para fomentar la afición al mismo, from 1871, or the pamphlet Discurso that Don José de Martí y de Cardeñas, academician of the same, read in the public session held by the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona on March 19, 1876. In these publications he talks about the need to give a new impetus to art in Spain and to connect it with Europe, through the training of artists, but also about greater recognition of their works through the promulgation of prizes.