Enrique Serra Auqué's Paintings

Paintings by the early 20th-century Spanish artist Enrique Serra y Auque ( Enric Serra Auqué ) are rarely present in museum collections outside of Spain. There is not a lot of information available regarding the artist's life. He is known to have been born in Barcelona, to have studied painting at the School of Fine Arts, and to have travelled to Rome in 1878 when he was eighteen years old in order to complete his study in the arts. The artist rarely left for Paris or Barcelona throughout his tenure there and continued to paint there until his death. Enric Serra Auqué created genre paintings, portraits, and scenes from the Roman countryside. His art frequently depicts landscapes with an abandoned church or another historic structure standing alone in the middle of nature. Enric Serra Auqué signed each artwork with his own name and the words "ROMA" - "Rome" next to it. Despite the clarity and simplicity of their compositions, Serra y Auque's paintings are distinguished by ambiguity and mystery, muted colours, and sombre tones.