José García Ramos

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Self-portrait (c. 1894)

José García Ramos (1852,

costumbrista
scenes.

Biography

He attended the "Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes de Sevilla" at the age of nine, where he studied with

Mariano Fortuny
, who had a great influence on his style.

In 1877, he visited Naples and Venice and, in 1882, returned to Spain with a brief side trip to Paris. Later, he was named a Professor at the "Escuela de Artes Industriales" and an Academician at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. He also worked as an illustrator for several publications; notably La Ilustración Artística [es], La Ilustración Española y Americana and Blanco y Negro. He won third prize at the Exposition Universelle (1900).

His favorite themes were traditional in nature and he is considered a major exponent of Andalusian regional painting. In 1917, a group of artists proposed erecting a memorial gazebo in the Jardines de Murillo [es]. The government accepted the proposal, it was paid for with funds collected by the artists, and was opened to the public in 1923.

Many of his best known works may be seen at the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga[1] and at the Museo del Prado.

Selected paintings

  • A Pair of Sevillian Dancers
    A Pair of Sevillian Dancers
  • Checkmate
    Checkmate
  • Leaving a Masked Ball
    Leaving a Masked Ball
  • Barber Pulling a Tooth
    Barber Pulling a Tooth

References

  1. ^ Works and commentary by José Luis Díez @ the Museo Carmen Thyssen

Further reading

  • Enrique Valdivieso: Historia de la pintura sevillana, 1992. Guadalquivir S.L.. Ediciones. .

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