Mariano Barbasán

Mariano Barbasán
Mariano Barbasán
	Realist

Mariano Barbasán Lagueruela (3 February 1864 – 22 July 1924) was a Spanish painter of

Realist style; later influenced by Impressionism

.

Biography

He was born in

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia). Upon graduating, he moved to Madrid and became a historical painter; specializing in scenes from the history of Toledo, which he visited frequently.^[1] He also did some scenes from literature and presented his rendering of the Walpurgisnacht of Faust at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts

.

In 1889, thanks to his painting "Joseph Interpreting the Cup-bearer's Dream", he received a stipend from the "Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza [es]" to continue his studies at the Spanish Academy in Rome. While there, he painted mostly landscapes and scenes of rural life.^[1]

He eventually decided to live there and opened a studio; making occasional trips to

plein aire. He held frequent exhibits throughout Germany, Austria and England, but not in Spain, as a result of which he was little-known in his home country. In 1912, he lived in Montevideo for a short time while overseeing two exhibitions there.^[2]

He stayed in

Francisco Pradilla. It was two years later that he held his first retrospective exhibition, at the Central Market in Zaragoza.^[2] He died in Zaragoza

, aged 60.

In 1925, his son organized a new, more formal exhibition that helped establish his reputation in Spain.