Francesc Miralles i Galaup

Francesc Miralles i Galaup (6 April 1848, Valencia – 30 October 1901, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter, best known for his realistic scenes of bourgeois life and high society.

After seeing him in his father's office, drawing pictures on the ledgers and paperwork, they relented and, in 1862, found him a place in the studios of Ramon Martí Alsina, where he studied for several years.

When he turned eighteen, he received parental permission (and financial support) to study in Paris, where he would remain until 1893, with occasional visits home.

[citation needed] He suffered from chronic bronchitis so, after his parents had died (within a year of each other), he decided to return to Barcelona, seeking a milder climate.

To help him re-establish himself, his brother-in-law, Salvador Andreu [ca] (a wealthy manufacturer and philanthropist), obtained a commission for him to decorate the ceiling of a new private concert hall at the Liceu.