Ramón Sagredo

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Ramón Sagredo
Born1834
San Carlos Academy
Known forPainting, photography
Patron(s)Maximilian I of Mexico

Ramón Sagredo (1834–1870) was a 19th-century

"La Profesa" with the Catalan master Pelegrí Clavé
.

Trained at

Maximilian of Mexico, he went on to decorate Iturbide Hall at the Imperial Palace (current Ambassador's Hall at the National Palace) with a full-length, posthumous portrait of Vicente Guerrero.[3] He also worked with Clavé on the former cupola of La Profesa (ravaged by a fire in January 1914)[4]
and at San Carlos' galleries.

By the end of the Reform War, his personal finances were dwindling. Following the example of many of his contemporaries, he ventured into photography by painting over photographic enlargements for a fraction of the cost of paintings.[5] According to an 1862 newspaper article quoted by Oliver Debroise:

[Ramón Sagredo and other artists] sacrificed their best years and resources to a most beautiful art that is, unfortunately, little appreciated [...] Consequently, they have abandoned those studies that cost them so dearly [...] Today they contribute their talents and the fruit of their long vigils to the profit of photographers who, employing them in the coloring of photographic portraits for the paltry stipend of one-third of their value, take advantage of the labor of these former students of the Academy.[5]

Later on, as a photographer, he formed short-lived associations with Luis Veraza (1864), for whom he started coloring at Espíritu Santo 17 ½; and the Valleto brothers (Sagredo, Valleto y Ca.,1865) at Vergara 7, before setting up his own studio in the Mexican capital.[6][7]

He commits suicide on June 2, 1870, due to his passion for Maura Ogazón and Rubio, sister of Governor Pedro Ogazón.[8]

Selected works

  • Jesús en el camino a Emaús (Jesus on the road to Emmaus) shown at the gallery of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.[9][10]
  • La muerte de Sócrates (The Death of Socrates), exhibited at the National Museum of San Carlos.[11]
  • Ismael abandonado en el desierto (Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert), exhibited at the Querétaro Museum of Art.[12]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 28982138
    .
  2. ^ Vázquez Pérez, Marlene. "Martí crítico de arte" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  3. ^
    OCLC 29319186
    .
  4. ^ "Iglesia San José el Real, La Profesa" (in Spanish). Instituto de Administración y Avalúos de Bienes Nacionales. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  5. ^
    OCLC 249945646
    . Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  6. OCLC 253917303
    . Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  7. OCLC 150855436
    . Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  8. ^ Sergio Estrada Reynoso (2014) Tesis de maestría en Historia https://www.academia.edu/29398423/RAMON_SAGREDO_CARRE%C3%91O_PINTOR_Y_FOTOGRAFO_1834_1870_
  9. ^ Sergio Estrada Reynoso https://www.academia.edu/18179433/El_Emma%C3%BAs_de_Sagredo_mas%C3%B3n
  10. ^ Fernández, Justino. "José Justo Montiel: Un pintor desconocido de mediados del siglo XIX" (PDF). Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  11. OCLC 20981075
    . . . Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  12. ^ "Museo de Arte de Querétaro". Academy of San Carlos Collection. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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