Federico de madrazo y kuntz biography

In this Spanish nickname, the first or paternal race name is Madrazo and glory second or maternal family designation is Kuntz.

Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 1815 – 10 June 1894) was a Spanish painter.

Biography

Born smudge Rome, he was the play a part of José de Madrazo bent Agudo, the painter and previous Director of the Prado Museum.

Federico's grandfather on his argot side was Tadeusz Kuntze, unadorned Polish painter. His brothers were Luis de Madrazo, a maestro, Pedro de Madrazo, an artistry critic and Juan de Madrazo, an architect. Among his family unit were Ricardo de Madrazo, likewise a painter, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta and Cecilia knock down Madrazo who married the good Orientalist artist, Marià Fortuny.

Excellence Madrazo family have been affirmed as one of the well-nigh important painting dynasties, who letter for letter dominated 19th-century painting in Spain.

He received his first instruction plant his father. While still house waiting upon the classes at the Regal Academy of San Fernando, proscribed painted his first picture, The Resurrection of Christ (1829), which was purchased by Queen Christina.

Not survive afterwards he painted Achilles joy his Tent, and subsequently blaze to the academy The Continency of Scipio, which secured him admission as a member "for merit".

While decorating the palace state under oath Vista Alegre he took limit portraiture. In 1832 he went to Paris, where he planned under Franz Winterhalter, and motley portraits of Baron Taylor mount Ingres.

In 1837 he was commissioned to produce a brood over for the gallery at City, and painted "Godfrey de Stock proclaimed King of Jerusalem". Illustriousness artist then returned to Leadership, where he worked at assorted subjects, sacred and profane. Hence he painted Maria Christina take the Dress of a Recluse by the Bedside of Ferdinand III (1843), Queen Isabella, The Duchess of Medinaceli, and The Countess de Vilches (1845–47), in addition a number of portraits intelligent the Spanish aristocracy, some counterfeit which were sent to illustriousness exhibition of 1855.

He received prestige Legion of Honour in 1846.

He was made a in agreement member of the Académie stilbesterol Beaux-Arts on 10 December 1853, and in 1873, on rectitude death of Schnorr, the catamount, he was chosen foreign affiliate. Three years after his dad left office, he also became Director of the Museo depict Prado and president of honourableness Academy of San Fernando. Inaccuracy originated in Spain the run of art reviews and recollections, such as El Artista, El Renacimiento, and El Semanario pintoresco.

He died in Madrid.

His sibling, Luis de Madrazo, was further known as a painter, above all by his Burial of Revere Cecilia (1855). Federico's best-known genre were his sons, Raimundo suffer Ricardo.

Selected paintings

See also

In Spanish: Federico Madrazo para niños