Important Christmas Fine Art Auction: Haute Epoque, Jewels and Colonial Treasures
Lote 719:
(Cordoba, 1860-Madrid, 1943). Spanish painter and illustrator. He would soon move to Madrid on a scholarship from the Córdoba Provincial Council to study at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, being a disciple of Federico de Madrazo. Later, he went to Rome on a pension from the same institution and, from 1881, participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he obtained a second class medal in 1887 with the painting The Corpse of Álvarez de Castro. He received the same award in 1890 and the first medal in 1901 with the painting Prayer in the hermitages of Córdoba, for which he is considered the first impressionist from Córdoba. In 1894 he was appointed professor of drawing at the Córdoba Institute and six years later at the Granada Institute, later moving to Seville. After his retirement, in 1930 he settled in Madrid. As an illustrator he worked for Blanco y Negro. Oil on canvas. Framed measurements: 120 x 88 cm, canvas measurements: 101 x 68 cm
