Antoni Caba was born in
Barcelona. He attended the
Escola de la Llotja during the 1850s, where he studied with
Pau Milà i Fontanals and
Claudi Lorenzale. Supported by a stipend from the school board, he later attended the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in
Madrid, where his primary instructor was
Federico de Madrazo. His first exhibition came in 1864, at the
National Exhibition of Fine Arts. The government bought one of his works for the collection of the
Museo del Prado. For a short time, he was enrolled at the
Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under the direction of the Swiss painter,
Charles Gleyre. In 1874, he obtained a teaching position as "Professor of Color and Composition" at the Escola and served as the Director from 1887 to 1901. During this time, he dedicated himself to creating portraits for middle-class clients in Catalonia; especially Barcelona, for which he received the nickname "fotográficos". In addition to his portraits, he created decorative murals in the
Gran Teatro del Liceo and several private residences. He died in Barcelona on January 25, 1907. == References ==