Spanish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1660 Spanish painter. He was one of the most important European artists of the 17th century, spending his career from 1623 in the service of Philip IV of Spain. His early canvases comprised bodegones and religious paintings, but as a court artist he was largely occupied in executing portraits, while also producing some historical, mythological and further religious works. His painting was deeply affected by the work of Rubens and by Venetian artists, especially Titian, as well as by the experience of two trips (1629-31 and 1649-51) to Italy. Under these joint influences he developed a uniquely personal style characterized by very loose, expressive brushwork. Although he had no immediate followers, he was greatly admired by such later painters as Goya and Manet  Related Paintings of Diego Velazquez :. | Saint Paul (df02) | Le Comte-Duc d'Olivares (df02) | Detail of Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary | Velazques and the Royal Family of Las Meninas (detail) (df01) | Don Luis de Gongora y Argote (df01) |
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GUARIENTO d Arpo
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painted Abendliche Chiemseelandschaft in
Quincy Tahoma
1921-1956,Native American Navajo painter. He was a Navajo shepherd, who in 1932 went to the Santa Fe Indian School where he learnt to paint in Dorothy Dunn's 'Studio' class and became one of the most significant pupils