Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
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Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (24 July 1841 – 15 September 1920) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists who worked in the
Biography
He was born in
His first lessons came from his father and grandfather. Later, he attended the
He had his first exhibition that same year and often visited New York to sell his paintings. Among his clients there were the
He was a frequent exhibitor at the Paris Salon, won a major medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889)[4] and was a regular at the salon of Madeleine Lemaire. The model for nearly all of the female figures in his genre paintings was Aline Masson, the daughter of the doorman at the Paris residence of the Marqués de Casa Riera .[6]
After 1862, he lived in Paris for much of his life. In the late 1860s, he spent some time in Rome with his brother, working in the studios of
In 1894, he donated a collection of works by
Selected paintings
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Portrait of Federico de Madrazo Painting, 1875
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Fond Memories
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After the Bath, c. 1895
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The Reluctant Mistress
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Reading, c. 1880-85
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Portrait of Aline Masson in a Mantilla, c. 1875
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Portrait of María Guerrero as Doña Inés. 1891
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A gypsy, 1872
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The Beautiful Bandurria Player, 1870
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Aline with mask
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Spring Beauty
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Confidences (The Morning Visit), c. 1870. Clark Art Institute
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Beautiful and singing
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Coming Out of Church
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The Music Lesson
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Antics of the model, c. 1885
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Girl on swing
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Portrait of Aline Masson Leaning on a Sofa
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Preparing for the Costume Ball
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María Hahn, wife of the painter, 1901
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Portrait Of A Lady In Pink Ribbons
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Woman with a Picnic Basket, c. 1890. Clark Art Institute
See also
References
- ^ His place of birth is not entirely clear. Some sources give Madrid as the birthplace while others cite Rome.
- ^ Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 158
- ^ Los Madrazo, una familia de artistas: [Exhibition], Museo Municipal, 1985 [catálogo de la exposición, tapa del libro]
- ^ a b c Brief biography @ the Museo del Prado.
- ^ a b Brief biography @ AllArt Classic.
- ^ Commentary on "The Reading" @ the Carmen Thyssen Museum.
Further reading
- Raimundo de Madrazo (1842-1920), exhibition catalog, Zaragoza, Proedi Promociones Editoriales, 1996. ISBN 84-89640-02-5
- Portús Pérez, Javier, The Spanish Portrait: from El Greco to Picasso. London: Scala, 2004. ISBN 978-1-85759-374-7
- El Legado Ramón de Errazu, Rico, Fortuny y Madrazo, exhibition catalog, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2005. ISBN 84-8480-086-5
- Assier, Mathilde, Raimundo de Madrazo (1841-1920), aux confins de la modernité, 2012.
- Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), Portrait of Isabelle McCreery, 1880. http://www.jansantiques.com/Lot/jac2025.php
External links
Media related to Raimundo Madrazo at Wikimedia Commons