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Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Spanish
1618-1682
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Galleries
Murillo began his art studies under Juan del Castillo in Seville. Murillo became familiar with Flemish painting; the great commercial importance of Seville at the time ensured that he was also subject to influences from other regions. His first works were influenced by Zurbaran, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano, and he shared their strongly realist approach. As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his Roman Catholic religious works.
In 1642, at the age of 26 he moved to Madrid, where he most likely became familiar with the work of Velazquez, and would have seen the work of Venetian and Flemish masters in the royal collections; the rich colors and softly modeled forms of his subsequent work suggest these influences. He returned to Seville in 1645. In that year, he painted thirteen canvases for the monastery of St. Francisco el Grande in Seville which gave his reputation a well-deserved boost. Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialise in the themes that brought him his greatest successes, the Virgin and Child, and the Immaculate Conception.
After another period in Madrid, from 1658 to 1660, he returned to Seville. Here he was one of the founders of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Art), sharing its direction, in 1660, with the architect, Francisco Herrera the Younger. This was his period of greatest activity, and he received numerous important commissions, among them the altarpieces for the Augustinian monastery, the paintings for Santa Mar??a la Blanca (completed in 1665), and others.
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Shepherds to the manger pilgrimage
mk284 Oil on canvas 1650 - 1655 187 x 223
Painting ID:: 62570
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Shepherds_to_the_manger_pilgrimage
mk284 Oil on canvas 1650 - 1655 187 x 223
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Rosary of the Virgin Mary holding roses
mk284 Oil on canvas 1650 164 x 110 cm Madrid Prado Art Collection
Painting ID:: 62571
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Rosary_of_the_Virgin_Mary_holding_roses
mk284 Oil on canvas 1650 164 x 110 cm Madrid Prado Art Collection
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The old woman and a child
mk284 Oil on canvas 1655 - 1660 147 x 113 cm National Museum in Munich
Painting ID:: 62572
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The_old_woman_and_a_child
mk284 Oil on canvas 1655 - 1660 147 x 113 cm National Museum in Munich
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Communion
mk284 Oil on canvas painting of Seville St. Mary's Church Altar
Painting ID:: 62573
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Communion
mk284 Oil on canvas painting of Seville St. Mary's Church Altar
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Pure Conception of Our Lady
mk284 Oil on canvas 190 x 160 cm Fine Arts Museum Seville
Painting ID:: 62574
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Pure_Conception_of_Our_Lady
mk284 Oil on canvas 190 x 160 cm Fine Arts Museum Seville
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Bartolome_Esteban_Murillo
Spanish
1618-1682
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Galleries
Murillo began his art studies under Juan del Castillo in Seville. Murillo became familiar with Flemish painting; the great commercial importance of Seville at the time ensured that he was also subject to influences from other regions. His first works were influenced by Zurbaran, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano, and he shared their strongly realist approach. As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his Roman Catholic religious works.
In 1642, at the age of 26 he moved to Madrid, where he most likely became familiar with the work of Velazquez, and would have seen the work of Venetian and Flemish masters in the royal collections; the rich colors and softly modeled forms of his subsequent work suggest these influences. He returned to Seville in 1645. In that year, he painted thirteen canvases for the monastery of St. Francisco el Grande in Seville which gave his reputation a well-deserved boost. Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialise in the themes that brought him his greatest successes, the Virgin and Child, and the Immaculate Conception.
After another period in Madrid, from 1658 to 1660, he returned to Seville. Here he was one of the founders of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Art), sharing its direction, in 1660, with the architect, Francisco Herrera the Younger. This was his period of greatest activity, and he received numerous important commissions, among them the altarpieces for the Augustinian monastery, the paintings for Santa Mar??a la Blanca (completed in 1665), and others.
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