The Industrial Arts in Spain

by Juan F. Riaño

Nos. 1051, 1052-'71. Two fine plaques, painted with mythological subjects of Pomona and Galatea, the borders raised in form of a frame, with scroll ornaments [see woodcut of No. 1052].

No. 341-'76. A porcelain cup and saucer, blue ground, gilt; painted with flowers in white medallions.

No. 333-'76. A plate painted with sprigs, and containing models of fruit in full relief.

A LIST OF THE DIRECTORS AND ARTISTS WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTORY OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF ALCORA FROM ITS FOUNDATION, 1726, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENT CENTURY.

DIRECTORS.

• Dr. Joaquin Joseph de Sayas, 1727.
• Joseph Ollery, 1727 to 1733.
• Manuel de Molina, 1727 to 1735.
• Cayetano Allue, 1727 to 1750.
• Marcial Guirandeta, 1778 to 1783.
• Juan Villalonga, 1789.
• Pierre Cloostermans, 1789.
• Domingo Abadia, 1789.
• Gabriel Berenguer y Cebrian, 1789.
• Josef Ferrer, 1799.
• Josef Delgado, 1800.

ARTISTS.

• Abella, Francisco, 1750, at Alcora.
• Alvaro, Cristobal, 1750.
• Alvaro, Joseph, paints pottery in 1743, 1750.
• Alvaro, Vicente, el mayor, works at the wheel in 1750.
• Alvaro, Vicente, painted with Knipfer in 1783; he was sent by Count Aranda in 1784 to Paris to learn the making of porcelain; he returned to Spain in 1789, and continued to work at Alcora.
• Alvaro, Tiburcio, painted with Knipfer in 1783.
• Andrés, Cristoval, modeller and carver in 1783.
• Andrés, Francisco, modeller in 1783.
• Andrés, Francisco, modeller, 1743 to 1750.
• Andrés, Gabriel, painter, 1743 to 1750.
• Andrés, Gabriel, figures as one of the leading painters in 1794.
• Andrés, Jaime, painter, from 1728 to 1737.
• Andrés, Mariano, paints from 1739 to 1750.
• Andrés, Mariano, works in 1789.
• Andrés, Miguel, painter, 1743 to 1750.
• Aparicio, Manuel, painter, 1750.
• Arqua, Vicente, 1750.
• Aycart, Clemente, sculptor, worked at the porcelain works in 1789.
• Aycart, Roque, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Aycart, Ventura, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Bachero, Vicente, painted porcelain in 1789.
• Badenas, Cristoval, painter, 1727 to 1750.
• Badenes, Francisco, establishes with Miguel Badenas pottery works, where pottery was made in imitation of Alcora: it was put a stop to by agreement in 1789.
• Badenes, Miguel; see Francisco.
• Beltran, Pedro, retouched painting on porcelain in 1783 to 1789.
• Berenguer, Cristoval, painter, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Blasco, Bautista, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Blasco, Francisco, painted from 1731 to 1738.
• Blasco, Joaquin, painted in 1750.
• Blasco, Joseph, modeller, 1731 to 1735; he painted in 1750.
• Blasco, Manuel, painter, 1728 to 1750.
• Blasco, Vicente, painted 1727 to 1750.
• Buxadós, Ildefonso, painted 1727 to 1750.
• Buxadós, Manuel, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Calvo Perales, Joseph, painter from 1727 to 1750.
• Calvo, Manuel, painter of common pottery in 1783.
• Calvo, Ramon, painted common earthenware from 1750 to 1783.
• Campion, Juan, a Frenchman, worked at the wheel in 1743.
• Carnicer, Juan, worked at pipe-clay porcelain in 1789.
• Carnicer, Vicente, modeller from 1783 to 1789.
• Carbonel, Sebastian, a Frenchman; he modelled in 1728.
• Catalá, Cristoval, modelled in 1783.
• Catalá, Juan, 1750.
• Catalá, Manuel, 1750.
• Catalá, Pascual, painter from 1729 to 1750.
• Catalá, Pedro Juan, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Caussada, mayor, Jacinto, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Caussada, menor, Jacinto, from 1727.
• Caussada, Joseph, a son of Jacinto, painted from 1743 to 1750. He ran away from the manufactory and went to work at Talavera, and was brought back to Alcora.
• Caussada, Mariano. It was proposed that he should be turned out of the manufactory, owing to his having gone over to the works established at Onda, where he gave them the receipts of the colours and varnishes used at Alcora; he returned to Alcora in 1789.
• Caveta, Pascual, painter, 1743.
• Chiva, Cristoval de, painted porcelain in 1789.
• Chiva, Joseph, painted from 1727 to 1738.
• Chiva, Manuel, painted in 1789.
• Cloostermans, Pierre, a French artist; he entered the manufactory in 1787, and continued to work there until his death in 1798.
• Cloostermans, a son of Pierre's, was an excellent painter on porcelain in 1789.
• Corrás, Ignacio, a native of Cataluña, painted from 1727 to 1728.
• Coll, Jaime, a native of Cataluña, painted from 1727 to 1736.
• Cros, Cristoval, painted from May, 1727 to 1743; he was one of the best artists who painted at Alcora.
• Cros, Manuel, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Cros, Manuel, 1750.
• Cros, Pascual, painted from 1727 to 1736.
• Cros, menor, Vicente, painted porcelain from 1750 to 1789.
• Cros, Vicente, 1735 to 1750.
• Datos, Gaspar, modeller, 1731 to 1750.
• Datos, Julian, modeller, in 1783.
• Datos, Ramon, painted in 1750.
• Datos, Vicente, 1750.
• Escuder, Vicente, painted with Knipfer from 1783 to 1789.
• Fabra, Francisco, painted from 1730 to 1743.
• Fabra, Vicente, painter, 1727 to 1735.
• Falco, Joseph, painter, 1727 to 1743.
• Falco, Pedro, painter, 1727 to 1735.
• Feliu, Vicente Tomas, painter, from 1727 to 1750.
• Feliu y Thomas, Vicente, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Ferrer, Joaquin, a carver, who worked with Mr. Martin from 1783 to 1789.
• Ferrer, Esteban, painted porcelain in 1789.
• Ferrer y Carnicer, Vicente, worked at the wheel in 1783. In December, 1789, he had an oven on his own account at Alcora, the only one which remained out of four which had been established four years previously there.
• Ferrer, menor, Vicente, 1750.
• Ferrer, Vicente, painted from 1727 to 1743.
• Flor, Antonio, painted common pottery from 1750 to 1783.
• Fores, Joseph, painter, 1727.
• Fornench, Joseph, painted in 1739.
• Fornench, Phelipe, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Fornench, Francisco, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Fornench, Phelipe, painter, 1727 to 1750.
• Fuste, Salvador, painter, 1727.
• Galvez, Juan, modeller, 1731 to 1735.
• Garcés, Joaquin, painter. He worked with Joaquin Ter at the manufactory which he established at Alcora, and returned to the Counts in 1789.
• Garcés, Francisco, worked at the wheel with Mr. Martin in 1783, and was considered by Cloostermans, in 1789, his most able workman.
• Garcés, Joseph, painter, 1727.
• Garcés, Pedro, 1743.
• Garcia, Mariano, a native of Valencia. He went to Alcora to try a system of gilding and purple which he had invented, which produced an unsatisfactory result.
• Gasch, Agustin, painter from 1728 to 1750, although he was absent from the works from 1735 to 1741.
• Gasch, Bruno, a son of Juan's, worked at the wheel from 1743 to 1750.
• Gasch, Cristoval, worked with the turners, 1731 to 1741, and joined the painters until 1750.
• Gasch, Francisco, worked at the wheel from 1729 to 1750.
• Gasch, mayor, Joaquin, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Gasch, Joseph, painter, 1731 to 1735.
• Gasch, Juan, worked at the wheel from 1728 to 1750.
• Gasch, Manuel, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Gasch, Miguel, the son of Juan, painted in 1743.
• Gasch, Vicente, 1750.
• Gasch, Correo Vicente, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Gardo, Juan, painter and modeller, 1731 to 1735.
• Gil, Francisco, modeller, 1783.
• Giner, Manuel, painter, 1727.
• Gomez, Cristoval, painter on common pottery, 1783.
• Gomez, Francisco, modeller, 1731 to 1750.
• Gomez, Vicente, painter, 1750, 1783.
• Gomez, menor, Vicente, worked at the wheel and painted from 1783 to 1789.
• Gorris, Joseph, 1750.
• Granell, Cristoval, painter, 1729, 1750.
• Granell, Joseph, modeller, 1731 to 1735.
• Granell, Vicente, 1731 to 1750.
• Grangel, Francisco, pintor, painted from 1727 to 1783. In 1743 the finest work was given to him.
• Grangel, Juan, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Gras, Monsieur, painter, 1728.
• Haly, François, 1751.
• Herrando, Francisco, 1727.
• Herrando, Joseph, painter, 1727 to 1736.
• Herrando, Juan, painted from 1729 to 1735.
• Herrando, Manuel, modeller, 1783.
• Herrando, Pascual, worked at the wheel from 1728 to 1743.
• Herrando, Thadeo, 1750.
• Huguet, Cristobal, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Huguet, Francisco, worked at the wheel and modelled in porcelain from 1783 to 1789.
• Huguet y Mascarós, Joseph, painter, 1783 to 1794.
• Huguet, Vicente, painter. He worked at the manufactory established by Joaquin Ten at Alcora, and returned to Count Arandas in 1789, and continued there in 1794.
• Huguet Serra, Joseph, modeller in 1783.
• Ibañez, Juan, painter from 1727 to 1735.
• Knipfer, Juan, a native of Saxony, 1783.
• Lazaro, Joseph, painter, 1727.
• Lopez, Julian, 1792.
• Llorente, Francisco, 1750.
• Lloscos, Joaquin, painter, 1783.
• Llosca, menor, painter, 1783.
• Malanco, Nicolas, painter, 1727.
• Marin, Pedro, painter, 1727 to 1736.
• Marques, Miguel, painter, 1794.
• Marras, Francisco, painter and modeller in 1727.
• Marsal, Bautista, painter from 1727 to 1743.
• Marsal, Francisco. He worked at Alcora, and left it for the manufactory of Onda; in 1783 he returned to Count Aranda's works.
• Marti, Miguel, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Martin, Francisco, modeller in 1783.
• Martir, Pedro, worked at the wheel in 1739.
• Mas, Cristoval, modeller from 1783 to 1789.
• Mas, Francisco, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Mas, Julian, a skilful painter on porcelain in 1789.
• Mas, menor, Manuel, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Mas, Manuel, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Mas, Pedro, painter in 1743.
• Mascarós, Cristobal, painter from 1728 to 1750.
• Mascarós y Thomas, Cristoval, painted on pottery from 1783 to 1794.
• Mascarós, Francisco, 1743 to 1750.
• Mascarós, Joseph, painted porcelain in 1789.
• Mascarós, José, painter in 1735 to 1736.
• Mascarós, Pedro Martin, painted from 1729 to 1736.
• Mascarós, Vicente, worked at the wheel from 1750 to 1780.
• Masso y Fabra, Vicente, painted in 1727.
• Massó, Joseph, 1750.
• Massó y Fabra, Francisco, painter, 1739, 1750.
• Massó Nadal, Vicente, painter from 1727 to 1750.
• Mallol, Joaquin, modeller, 1783.
• Mallol, Cristoval, modeller in 1783.
• Mallol, Vicente, modeller, 1783.
• Maurisi, Pedro, a Frenchman, began to work in 1728.
• Mezquita y Chiva, Francisco, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Mezquita, Francisco, painted in 1750.
• Mezquita, Jaime, painter, 1731 to 1750.
• Mezquita, Pascual, painter from 1727 to 1735.
• Miguel, Vicente, 1750.
• Miralles, Vicente, worked in clay from 1731 to 1743.
• Moliner, Cristoval, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Moliner, Miguel, painted from 1728 to 1750.
• Moliner, Vicente, modeller in 1783.
• Monfort, Agustin, modeller in 1783.
• Monfort, Pablo, modeller in 1783.
• Montemenor, Joseph, modeller in 1783.
• Montolin, Jacinto, painter, from 1731 to 1750.
• Montolin, Juan, painter, the son of Jacinto, from 1735 to 1750.
• Montolin, Juan, varnisher and painter in 1783.
• Montolin, Joseph, painter on porcelain in 1789.
• Montolin, Vicente, painter of common pottery in 1783.
• Montolin, Vicente, painter, from 1727 to 1750.
• Moya, Crisostomo, retouched porcelain in 1789.
• Nadal, Felix, 1727 to 1735.
• Nadal, Juan, master at the wheel, painter and carver from 1727 to 1737.
• Nadal, Miguel, 1783.
• Nadal, Nebot, works from 1743 to 1783.
• Navarro, Cristoval, worked at the wheel in 1783, and painted porcelain in 1789.
• Nebot, Bautista, painter, 1794.
• Nebot, Cristoval, modeller, 1750.
• Nebot, Cristoval, menor, 1794.
• Nebot, Francisco, 1750.
• Nebot, Francisco, painter in 1794.
• Nebot, Joseph, worked at the wheel from 1728 to 1740.
• Nebot, Joaquin, worked at the wheel in 1794.
• Nebot, Juan, painter, 1750 to 1783.
• Nebot, Miguel, painter, 1783 to 1794.
• Nebot, Narciso, painter, 1794.
• Negre, Deodato, painter, 1727.
• Negre, Francisco, worked at the wheel from 1783 to 1794.
• Negre, Julian, worked at the wheel in 1794.
• Negre, Manuel, modeller, 1783 to 1794.
• Negre, Ramon, painter, 1783 to 1794.
• Negre, Vicente, modeller, 1727.
• Nondedeu, Cristoval, modeller, 1729.
• Nondedeu, Miguel, turner, 1731 to 1743.
• Ochando, Joseph, draughtsman and carver, from 1727 to 1742.
• Olery, Joseph, director of the works from 1735 to 1737. In August, 1729, he was appointed principal draughtsman.
• Pacor, Bartolomé, painter, 1728 to 1735.
• Palau, Francisco, painter, from 1727 to 1750.
• Palmera, Domingo, master of ornamental art, 1815.
• Pardo, Cristoval, turner, from 1727 to 1750.
• Pardo, Francisco, 1750.
• Pardo, Joseph, turner, from 1731 to 1750.
• Pardo, Vicente, master at the wheel in 1728.
• Pastor Bartolo, Antonio, painter, 1750.
• Pastor Butoni, Antonio, painter, 1750.
• Pastor, Bartolomé, a brother of Vicente's, from 1729 to 1750.
• Pastor, Bautista, varnisher, 1783.
• Pastor, Cristoval, worked at the wheel with Mr. Martin from 1783 to 1789.
• Pastor, Gaspar, 1750.
• Pastor, Joseph, painted in common pottery and porcelain from 1783 to 1789.
• Pastor, Joseph, painter, from 1728 to 1750; his name appears in 1743 among the best artists of Alcora.
• Pastor, Vicente, painter, from 1728 to 1743.
• Pastor, Vicente, painter, was pensioned in Paris by Count Aranda in 1784; he returned to the works in 1789, and continued there for several years afterwards.
• Peña, Vicente, modeller, 1783.
• Perales, Ramon de, painter, 1750.
• Periz, Joseph, modeller, from 1727 to 1731.
• Periz, Joseph, mayor, painter, from 1750 to 1783.
• Periz, Joseph, menor, modeller, 1783.
• Perpiñan, Cristoval, a son of Vicente, painter, from 1727 to 1740.
• Perpiñan, Vicente, modeller, from 1731 to 1743.
• Pinazo, Andres, draughtsman and carver, 1727.
• Poggetti, Luis, drawing master, 1815.
• Porcar, Cristoval, painter, from 1727 to 1735.
• Porcar, Pascual, modeller, from 1729 to 1735.
• Prast, Antonio, painter of common pottery in 1783.
• Prats, Cristoval, modeller, 1783.
• Prats, Cristoval, turner, from 1731 to 1750.
• Prats, Francisco, modeller, from 1750 to 1783.
• Prats, Fulgencio, painter, 1783.
• Prats, Vicente, painter, from 1750 to 1794. In 1789 he ranked among the first artists at Alcora.
• Querol, Vicente, 1743.
• Querol, Joseph, a son of Vicente, painter, from 1727 to 1750.
• Querol, Manuel, painter, from 1750 to 1783.
• Rech, Joseph, a native of Cataluña, painter, in 1727.
• Redolat, Joseph, painter on porcelain in 1789.
• Ribot, Joseph, turner, from 1731 to 1735.
• Ricart, Antonio, turner, from 1729 to 1735.
• Ricart, Clemente, modeller, in 1783.
• Ricart, Joaquin, modeller, in 1783.
• Robert, a Frenchman, painted in 1729.
• Rocafort, Cristoval, painted from 1727 to 1750; he was one of the best artists at the manufactory in 1743.
• Roman, Juan, painted from 1731 to 1735.
• Roman, Manuel, painted from 1735 to 1750.
• Romualdo, Joseph, painter, from 1728 to 1750.
• Roux, Edouard, a French painter, who worked at Alcora, where he had been brought by Ollery in 1728 until 1735.
• Rules, Joseph de, turner, from 1731 to 1735.
• Saborit, Cristoval, modeller, in 1783.
• Saborit, Cristoval, painted from 1727 to 1736.
• Saborit, Joaquin, painter, 1783.
• Saborit, Joaquin, painted from 1728 to 1750.
• Saborit, Manuel, modeller, in 1783.
• Sagao, Rafael, draughtsman and carver, 1727.
• Salvada, Joseph, 1789.
• Sancho, Joaquin, painted in 1783.
• Serrania, Cristoval, 1750.
• Serrania, Vicente, painted from 1728 to 1743.
• Soliva, Joaquin, painted pottery in 1783, and retouched porcelain in 1789.
• Soliva, Miguel, painted from 1727 to 1750. In 1743 he was considered the best artist at Alcora.
• Soriano, Joseph, turner from 1731 to 1735.
• Soriano, Nicasio, turner from 1731 to 1735.
• Sorolla, Manuel, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Tarazona, menor, Cristoval, modeller, 1783.
• Tarazona, Cristoval, painted from 1727 to 1750.
• Tarazona, Ramon, retouched porcelain in 1783.
• Tarragó, Joseph, painter from 1728 to 1735.
• Tarragó, Vicente, painter from 1727 to 1750.
• Ten, Francisco, modeller in 1783.
• Ten, Joaquin, painter from 1732 to 1750. In 1789 he closes the pottery works which he had established in imitation of those of Alcora.
• Ten, Joseph, 1750.
• Ten, Jaime, painter from 1735 to 1750.
• Terra, Cristobal, modeller, 1783.
• Terra, Vicente, varnisher, 1783.
• Thomas, Antonio, modeller, 1783.
• Thomas, Gaspar, 1750.
• Thomas, Joaquin, modeller in 1783.
• Thomas, José, 1750.
• Thomas, José, worked at the wheel in 1783.
• Thomas, Juan, 1743, 1750.
• Thomas, Mateo, 1750.
• Thomas Feliu, Vicente, painter from 1729 to 1740.
• Thomas, Vicente, 1783.
• Torres, Cristoval, painter from 1728 to 1750.
• Torres, Juan, from 1731 to 1735.
• Vadenes, Cristobal, 1770.
• Valentin, Pedro, painter from 1727 to 1743.
• Vilar, Cristobal, painter from 1727 to 1750.
• Vilar, Cristobal, sculptor, works in porcelain in 1789.
• Vilar, Francisco, 1750.
• Vilar, Joseph, modeller in 1783.
• Vilar, Miguel, painter from 1727 to 1743.
• Vilar, Pedro, worked in the ovens from 1735 to 1750.
• Vilar, Ramon, retouched porcelain in 1789.
• Vilar y Bordoñan, Cristobal, modeller in 1783.
• Vilar y Bordoñan, Mariano, worked at pipe-clay porcelain in 1789.
• Vilar Perpiñan, Cristobal, painted from 1739 to 1743.
• Vilar Ricart, Cristobal, painter from 1727 to 1735.
• Vilar Porcar, Cristobal, painter, 1727.
• Vilar Ricart, Joseph, painter from January, 1731, to 1735.
• Vilar Porcar, Joaquin, painter from 1727 to 1735.
• Vilar Saboret, Joaquin, painter in 1729.
• Yguet, Vicente, painted common pottery in 1783.
• Zaragoza, Friar, worker in porcelain, 1799.

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MARKS AND SIGNATURES OF THE PAINTERS WHO WORKED AT ALCORA.