Ramon Casas i Carbo
1866-1932,was a Catalan artist. Living through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona, he was known as a portraitist, sketching and painting the intellectual, economic, and political elite of Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, and beyond; he was also known for his paintings of crowd scenes ranging from the audience at a bullfight to the assembly for an execution to rioters in the Barcelona streets. Related Paintings of Ramon Casas i Carbo :. | Woman with White Stockings | Boar Hunt (mk14) | Christ Before Caiaphas | The Christ is driving businessman in the fane | Charles Sackville,2e duke of Thresh | Related Artists: Paye, Richard MortonEnglish, 1750-1821 Maler, HansAustrian, Active 1500-29
Luis Melendez1716-80
He assisted his father, artist Francisco Melendez, until 1737, when he began studying with Lewis-Michel Vanloo, the court painter to Philip V of France. Although accepted (1745) into the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, he was expelled after his father denounced the academy in a dispute over a royal competition. After traveling throughout Italy, he returned to work for his father as an illustrator of choirbooks.
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