In the history of art, Jaume Huguet is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Jaume Huguet as Catalan artist (1412-1492).
Jaume Huguet was born at Valls in 1445. His recorded nationality is Crown of Aragon.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter.
His recorded movement is catalan gothic.
His best-known work is The Consecration of Saint Augustine. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Crown of Aragon shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Jaume Huguet died in 1492, aged 47. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Consecration of Saint Augustine
- Movement: Catalan Gothic
