Raimundo de Madrazo | |
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 Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, by his father (Federico de Madrazo) | |
| Born | Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta 24 July 1841 (1841-07-24) |
| Died | 15 September 1920(1920-09-15) (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando École des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (24 July 1841 – 15 September 1920) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists who worked in theRealistic style, although his later work shows signs ofRococo and Japanese influence. He was known primarily for hisgenre paintings and portraits. His grandfather wasJosé de Madrazo, his father was the portrait painterFederico de Madrazo and his brother wasRicardo de Madrazo.
He was born inRome[1] into a family of artists with a noble background. His grandfather wasJosé de Madrazo, the painter and former Director of theMuseo del Prado; his father wasFederico de Madrazo, also a painter; his uncles wereLuis de Madrazo, a painter,Pedro de Madrazo, an art critic andJuan de Madrazo, an architect; while his brother wasRicardo de Madrazo, also a painter.[2] His maternal grandfather wasTadeusz Kuntze, a Polish painter. The Madrazo family have been described as one of the most important painting dynasties, who literally dominated 19th-century painting in Spain.[3]
His first lessons came from his father and grandfather. Later, he attended theReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he studied withCarlos Luis de Ribera andCarlos de Haes. He settled in Madrid and completed his education with a visit to Paris in 1860; taking lessons fromLéon Cogniet and coming under the influence of his friendAlfred Stevens.[4]
He had his first exhibition that same year and often visited New York to sell his paintings. Among his clients there were theVanderbilt family andAlexander Turney Stewart.[5] He rarely had exhibitions in Spain. In 1882 he, Stevens,Giuseppe de Nittis andGeorges Petit established an "International Painting Exhibition" to promote foreign artists living in Paris.[5]
He was a frequent exhibitor at theParis Salon, won a major medal at theExposition Universelle (1889)[4] and was a regular at the salon ofMadeleine Lemaire. The model for nearly all of the female figures in hisgenre paintings was Aline Masson, the daughter of the doorman at the Paris residence of theMarqués de Casa Riera [es].[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 ofMariano Fortuny, who had married their sisterCecilia. During theFranco-Prussian War, he lived inGranada. His wife died during childbirth in 1874, the same year as his brother-in-law, Fortuny.
In 1894, he donated a collection of works byFrancisco de Goya that he had acquired in 1869 to the Museo del Prado.[4] In 1914, he moved to Versailles, where he died six years later. His son,Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa (known as "Coco") also became a notable painter.
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