Dióscoro Puebla
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Dióscoro Puebla | |
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Born | 25 February 1831 Melgar de Fernamental, Spain |
Died | 24 October 1901 Madrid, Spain |
Education | Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid |
Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín (25 February 1831 – 24 October 1901) was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style who specialized in portraits, genre and history painting.
Biography
Puebla was born in
After completing his course in Madrid he was able to perfect his art by travelling to Rome, thanks to a competitive grant awarded by the
Academic career
Upon returning to Spain in 1863, he was named Professor of Color and Composition at the Real Academia Provincial de Bellas Artes de Cádiz,[1] but served for only a short time before he was given a Royal Appointment to the Academy of San Fernando and took his place there in 1865.
On several occasions over the next twenty-five years, he sat on juries created by the Ministry of State to evaluate candidates for positions at the new "Academia Española de Bellas Artes de Roma". In 1869, he was named an officer in the
In 1882, he was chosen to be an "Academician" by his peers at San Fernando[1] and, in 1897, he became the Director of the "School of Drawing, Painting and Engraving", succeeding Luis de Madrazo. He died in Madrid, aged 70.
Although his historical paintings were a relatively small portion of his output, they remain his best-known works. Many of his portraits are displayed in the
References
- ^ a b c d e Brief biography @ the Museo del Prado website
Further reading
- Diccionario de Arte, Pintores del siglo XIX, Editorial LIBSA, 2001. ISBN 84-7630-842-6.
- Juan Carlos Elorza Guinea (ed.) Dióscoro Puebla, 1831-1901, Exhibition catalog, Burgos, Junta de Castilla y León, 1993. ISBN 84-7846-218-X
External links
- Dióscoro Puebla: Galería Pintores Españoles @ Foro Xerbar
- Dióscoro Puebla @ Burgospedia