As a result of numerous sojourns in Paris, Eliseu Meifrén was influenced by the Impressionists and is considered to be one of the first artists to have introduced the movement...
As a result of numerous sojourns in Paris, Eliseu Meifrén was influenced by the Impressionists and is considered to be one of the first artists to have introduced the movement to Catalonia. The influence of Impressionism can be seen in both his compositions and in his technique of painting in plein air, as French artists of this school often did. His earlier landscapes, which were characterized by his academic training, later evolved towards a purely Impressionist style.
Meifrén travelled extensively. From 1900 his horizons were widened considerably beyond the lands of Spain and France, and he painted landscapes in the Canary Islands and South America. He tends to reduce the human presence and that of domestic animals, or they only appear in an ancillary manner, instead emphasising the grandeur of the landscape. He captures the passing of time expressed by the incessant movement of water and air. He specialized in the representation of greyish skies or ones charged with dense clouds, both of which gave life to his compositions.