Francisco Ortego
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| Born | 1833 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 1881 (aged 47–48) Bois-Colombes, France |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
Francisco Ortego y Vereda (1833–1881) was a Spanish caricaturist and illustrator. He was born in Madrid in 1833 and died in Bois-Colombes, France, in 1881.
Education and career
He studied at the
As a painter, his best known work was Muerte de Cristóbal Colón (Death of Christopher Columbus), a history painting which won special honors in the National Fine Arts Exhibition of 1864. Generally, his paintings were small in size and easy compositions based on a theme of popular imagery.
Death
Underpaid as an artist and with a large family, Ortego's economic situation was difficult. Attached to his republican and liberal political views, he hesitantly relocated, in 1871 to France in order to improve his future, remaining there until the end of his life. He published in various satirical newspapers in Paris.
At the time of his death, the Editorial Gaspar Roig prepared an edition which was published in Madrid titled Album Ortego, with a collection of his drawings, with an introduction by Josep Lluís Pellicer, in order to financially assist the widow and children.
He was a humorous and skilled chronicler of the personages of his time, and the author of several distinguished political satires.
References
- ^ Montesa, Rafael Montal (1999). Las Semillas de Oro. Zaragoza: Gobierno de Aragon. pp. 255–258.
External links
Media related to Francisco Ortego Vereda at Wikimedia Commons
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