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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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Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *186 ?? 104 cm
Painting ID:: 70548
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Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *186 ?? 104 cm
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Kinder beim Werfelspiel
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *140 ?? 108 cm
Painting ID:: 70701
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Kinder_beim_Werfelspiel
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *140 ?? 108 cm
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Christ healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 237 x 261 cm
Painting ID:: 70876
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Christ_healing_the_Paralytic_at_the_Pool_of_Bethesda
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 237 x 261 cm
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Die Melonenesser
Date Deutsch: um 1645-1655
English: c. 1645-1655
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 146 x 104 cm (57.48 x 40.94 in)
Painting ID:: 71430
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Die_Melonenesser
Date Deutsch: um 1645-1655
English: c. 1645-1655
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 146 x 104 cm (57.48 x 40.94 in)
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Dolorosa
Dolorosa, oil on canvas, 166 x 107 cm., Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Painting ID:: 71604
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Dolorosa
Dolorosa, oil on canvas, 166 x 107 cm., Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
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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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