Daniel Zuloaga

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Daniel Zuloaga
Ceramics, painting
RelativesEusebio Zuloaga (father), Plácido Zuloaga (half-brother), Ignacio Zuloaga (nephew)

Daniel Zuloaga y Boneta

Palacio de Cristal and the Hospital of Maudes
, among many others.

He introduced Ceramic arts in Spain and also set up a school with intent to promote “traditional techniques and introduce styles such as

Biography

Detail of Casa de Don Tomás de Allende ("Don Tomás de Allende's House") at Plaza de Canalejas (square) in Madrid(Spain). Ceramic decoration was made by Daniel Zuloaga

Daniel Zuloaga was born in 1852 into a family of artists who specialized in metal work.

Moncloa
.

His first major assignment was tile work for the

Guipúzcoa
. He also participated in international exhibitions..

His nephew was the renowned painter

Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[7]

Zuloaga (seated) with his three children, Esperanza, Teodora and Juan.

In his old age, Daniel Zuloaga grew a white beard, resembling a saint. He was very well known in Spain for his rich contribution to ceramic arts and also introducing coloured tiles, which depicted

Castilian rural life. His children helped him in the art work, with Esperanza, one of his two gifted daughters helping him in colouring. While his pottery works are seen in all parts of Spain, the ceramics works are particularly conspicuous in many famous churches and in the passages of Seville.[7]

In 1905, Zuloaga purchased the Church of San Juan de los Caballeros in Segovia, which he converted into his workshop. The design shop was housed in the vestry. In another chamber of the church he applied colours on the baked works before carrying out glazing. The furnaces or hornos, which were fired with wood or charcoal, were kept in the nave. Another wing of the church was the storehouse for the materials for his art works, such as “old missals, lecterns, parchments and chairs”. He died in Segovia in 1921 at the age of 71.[2][7]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Zuloaga (1852-1921)". artfact.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Daniel Zuloaga". spainisculture.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  3. . Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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  5. . Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  6. ^ Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (1909). Academy notes (Public domain ed.). The Academy. pp. 156–. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b c The Living Age, Volume 312. The University of Michigan. 1922. p. 312. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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