Baldomer Gili i Roig

In 1882, the family moved to Irun, where he began his first art lessons with José Salís Camino [es], a marine artist and follower of Camille Corot.

In 1890, he decided to go to Madrid and enter the "Escuela Especial de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado", attending the classes of Alejo Vera,[1] who he admired.

The following year, he held his first showing in his hometown and, with the help of Jaume Morera, received a stipend from the local government to study in Italy.

[2] He was fascinated with photography as well and almost always went about with a camera on hand, producing over a thousand glass plates, documenting the places and people in his life, which his descendants presented to the Museu d'Art Jaume Morera in 2009.

Over the next decade, he continued to exhibit frequently and widely throughout Europe and South America, visiting Buenos Aires and Montevideo in 1925.