Antonio Muñoz Degraín ( Valencia , November 18, 1840 – Malaga , October 12, 1924 ) was a Spanish painter and architect of an eclectic style, who mixed romanticism with modernism.
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biographical synthesis
By decision of his father he began to study architecture , but although his family did not agree, he abandoned these studies to dedicate himself to painting .
He attended the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia, although his training was rather self-taught. There he would be a companion of Francisco Domingo Marqués , who would portray him years later in his studio.
In 1856 he traveled to Rome but the harsh living conditions in the Italian capital and his young age forced him to return, shortly after he was able to make the trip in better conditions for a pension granted by the Provincial Council of Valencia.
He visited several cities in Tuscany and Venice , and it was in Italy that he produced his great painting The Lovers of Teruel , a masterpiece of his entire production and one of the capital pieces of Spanish painting of the entire 19th century .
He began as an architecture student, later leaving it to devote himself to painting. He studied painting at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown, although he considers himself more of a self- taught painter .
In 1862 it is revealed at the National Exhibition. Receive prizes in subsequent editions. He participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts from 1862 to 1915 , being his successes in these contests the ones that would decisively mark him in his artistic career.
In 1879 he obtained the chair of painting at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga, in this Academy he had Picasso as a student . He settled in that Andalusian capital, where he married and was appointed supernumerary professor at the San Telmo Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He later went to the Madrid Academy in 1898 to replace Carlos de Haes in the chair of landscape, a year later he became a member of this Academy and in 1901 he was appointed its director, a position he resigned in 1912 . He being also president of the Circle of Fine Arts of Madrid.
In 1870 to decorate the Cervantes Theater in Malaga . In 1899 he entered the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts, as well as advisor to the Ministry of Public Instruction.
He also collaborated in the decoration of the Madrid church of San Francisco el Grande, for which he carried out a Burial of Christ that is, without a doubt, one of the best of the set. All in all, landscape was his main occupation, with titles such as Spring in the Sierra Nevada . View taken from the Purche swamps, Alcantarilla Alley (Granada), Banks of the Tiber (Rome) or Ecos de Roncesvalles.
For his landscapes he used a personal technique, apart from both the traditional composition and the natural painting typical of Impressionism. Thus, he painted directly in the workshop, from memory and without using any sketches. The best example of this technique is Chubasco en Granada, a painting that does not correspond to any corner of that city, but in which the tower of the Alhambra and the bridge over the Darro are recognizable. He presented his paintings with equal success at international exhibitions, such as the 1876 Philadelphia Universal , 1883 Munich , and 1893 Chicago . In his works he used the eclectic style with a mixture of romanticism and modernism. In his early days he made a painting realist.
Make pictures of historical themes. He stands out above all as a landscaper. He treats the themes with great imagination and certain symbolist implications. At the end of his life, he paints with short, lively brushstrokes, of a certain late impressionism.
Death
In his old age he made important donations of his works to the museums of Valencia and Málaga, his two most beloved cities, as well as a spectacular set of paintings on themes from Don Quixote to the National Library of Madrid . He died on October 12, 1924 in Malaga , a city that he always considered the city of his adoption.
Landscape painted in 1870 in which atmospheric effects are treated.
Picture painted in 1882.
Construction
His work entered the path of experimentalism, undoing the drawing for the sake of a short and fast brushstroke, which gives the scenes the appearance of being illuminated by lightning.
- Before the wedding.
- Landscape of El Pardo, when the fog dissipates.
- Granada and Sierra Nevada.
- Shower in Granada.
- The lovers of Teruel.
- Fantastic landscape (a fire).
- The lagoon of Venice.
- Othello and Desdemona.
- You listen to them.
- View of the Pyrenees of Navarra.
- Landscape of the Sierra de las Agujas, taken from the Caball-Vernat hill.
- Lampecia and Febe.
- A braggart in an inn.
- The sentence.
- Corner of a Toledo patio.
- Doctrine test.
- Jesus in Tiberias.
- The shady Sierra Nevada.
- View of the Murta Valley.
- The Tagus, rain.
Award
He was awarded several decorations, including:
- The Cross of Carlos III (granted by the painting Isabel la Católica cedes her jewels for the Columbus company).
- Knight of the orders of Isabel la Católica Alfonso XII.
prizes
The painter won the first medal at the Fine Arts Exhibition in 1884 , received an honorable mention in 1862 and a third medal in 1864 for his painting View of the Murta Valley (Alcira) , he won two second prizes in 1867 , and in 1881 he won a medal for the painting Othello and Desdemona . He received the Medal of Honor from the 1910 National Exhibition
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