Jose Etxenagusia
Jose Etxenagusia | |
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| Jose Etxenagusia Errazkin | |
José Villegas Cordero, Rome | |
| Known for | Painter, teacher |
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Jose Etxenagusia Errazkin or, in Spanish, José Echenagusía Errazquin (1 February 1844 – 31 January 1912) was a Basque genre painter. He signed his works "Echena".
Biography
He was born in
Four years later, he obtained a position with the city government of
After a visit to Venice he went to Rome, where he attended several schools and associated with other Spanish artists who were studying there. One of them,
He returned home in 1882 and shortly found work, designing heraldry and costumes for the
By the early 1890s, he was back in Rome, where he opened an art gallery and became a teacher at the Academia Chigi.[2] He remained there for the rest of his life, with occasional stays in Florence and Venice. He died of malarial fever in Rome. After his death, a major retrospective of his works was held in Donostia.[1]
Selected paintings
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Venetian Family -
The Coronation of
Our Lady of Begoña -
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The Artist's Studio
References
- ^ a b c d Brief biography @ the Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia.
- ^ a b c Brief biography @ Boulevard.
Further reading
- José Echena from the Revista Bascongada @ Gipuzkoa Kultura
- José Echenagusia, excerpt from Les orientalistes de l'école espagnole by Eduardo Dizy Caso, ACR eds., 1997, ISBN 2-86770-106-6, @ Google Books
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