Artist

Benet Mercadé

1821–1897 · born in La Bisbal d'Empordà · died in Barcelona

Benet Mercadé was a Spanish painter born in La Bisbal d'Empordà in Catalonia in 1821. He worked in Rome, where he joined the Nazarene group of painters, and later in Barcelona, where he became a respected teacher. He died in Barcelona in 1897.