Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao

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Santiago, Chile[1]

Basilio Pacheco de Santa Cruz Pumacallao (1635–1710)

Cuzco School, a colonial movement of indigenous painters educated in the Baroque
religious painting tradition of Spain.

Background

Basilio Santa Cruz is also known by his Quechua name, Pumaqallo or Pumacallo, and with Diego Quispe Tito, is regarded as one of the most famous painters in the Cusco School tradition.[4] He lived during the colonial era of the 17th century in the Viceroyalty of Peru. His primary patron was Bishop Manuel de Mollinedo.[5] His work combined the parallel influences of Peru and Spain and is characterized by its dynamic composition, lavish decoration, and large scale.

Initially art historians believed Basilio Santa Cruz to be a Spanish friar, but historian Jorge Cornejo Bouroncle discovered contracts commissioning paintings from the artist, revealed that he was Basilio de Santa Cruz Pumacallao, with a distinctly Quechua surname, confirming his identity as an Indian.[4]

Style

His style is highly distinct from that of contemporary artist Diego Quispe Tito, because it is not based specifically on engravings imported from Europe but also paintings by Spanish artists. This influence can be attributed to the artworks that the Bishop Mollinedo brought back from Madrid. His studio created an extensive series of paintings depicted the life of St. Francis.[1]

Collections

Santa Cruz's artwork can be seen at the

Saint Philip Neri." A final piece of his work hangs in the Chapel of Saint Joseph. It is entitled, "Royal Saint Mary of Almudena", portraying a Virgin widely revered in Spain.[6] The cathedral also owns his monumental oil paintings, Charles II and the Queen of Spain Adoring the Virgin of Almudena[7] and Virgin of Bethlehem with Bishop Mollinedo.[8]

His work also still stands in Convento de San Francisco del Cusco (Church and Convent of San Francisco, Cuzco) and includes "Series of the life of

Cuzco School
and so different from the angels imagined in Europe at the same time.

Corpus Christi Procession in Cuzco, a late 17th-century oil on canvas painting in the collection of the Museo Arzobispol del Arte Religioso, has been attributed to him.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stratton-Pruit 138
  2. ^ Basilio Santa Cruz De Pumacallao. Artnet. (retrieved 21 June 2009)
  3. ISBN 84-321-2119-3
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8223-2367-9
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  5. ^ Stratton-Pruitt 89
  6. ^ Cathedral of Cusco City. Archived May 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Qosqo, Inkas' Sacred Capital. (retrieved 21 June 2009)
  7. ^ Stratton-Pruitt 22
  8. ^ Stratton-Pruitt 91
  9. ^ Stratton-Pruitt 21

References

  • Stratton-Pruitt, Suzanne, ed. The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600—1825 from the Thomas Collection. Milan, Italy: Skira, 2006.
    ISBN 978-88-7624-613-5
    .
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