José Flaugier
French , 1757-1813
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Joseph-Bernard Flaugier was a French painter who settled in Spain.
Around 1773 he settled in Barcelona, where he studied at the Llotja School. Between 1793 and 1800 he traveled around Europe. Neoclassical in style, he was influenced by Jacques-Louis David and Anton Raphael Mengs.
He made religious paintings in Reus, the monastery of Poblet and in churches in Barcelona, such as the Coronation of the Virgin in the dome of San Severo and San Carlos Borromeo (1800). He also painted the portraits of Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma (1802), for the City Hall of Barcelona, the portrait of Joseph I Bonaparte (1808) and a self-portrait. He also worked in interior decoration: the Vedruna house (Royal Palace of Pedralbes), the Miró house and the Bofarull Palace in Reus and the Castellarnau house in Tarragona. In 1809 he became director of the Llotja School, which he held until his death.