Antonio Gisbert

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Antonio Gisbert Pérez (* 19th December 1834 in Alcoy , † 25. November 1902 in Paris ) was a Spanish painter of Classicism . He was known as a history painter of pictures about important events in the history of his country.

biography

Gisbert began his artistic training at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid . In 1846 he worked under the leadership of José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859). From 1868 to 1873 he was director of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In 1873 he moved to Paris, where he died years later.

Works (excerpt)

All paintings oil on canvas:

  • El fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus Compañeros en la playa de Málaga is his most famous work. It was created in 1888 and is now in the Museo del Prado.
  • El desembarcament dels Puritans a Amèrica , gold medal l'Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts (1868)
  • Los Comuneros de Castilla , an oil-on-canvas work, gold medal l'Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts (1860)
  • Els últims moments del príncep Don Carles , gold medal l'Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts (1858)
  • La senyora Maria de Molina presentant al seu fill en la Corts de Valladolid
  • Les esposalles de Francesc I amb la Infanta Na Leonor, germana de Carles V

gallery

literature

  • Adrián Espí Valdés: Gisbert, primer director of the Museo Nacional del Prado. In: Arte español 25, 1963/67, 112-118.
  • Adrián Espí Valdés: Vida y obra del pintor Gisbert. Un quehacer artístico de alcance internacional que abarcó toda la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Instituciò Alfons el Magnànim, Valencia 1971.
  • JA Ramírez Domínguez: El realismo pictórico y la fotografía. in: Historia del Arte. Anaya, Madrid 1986, ISBN 84-207-1408-9 .

Web links

Commons : Antonio Gisbert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonio Gisbert Pérez - number P04348 on museodelprado.es, accessed on June 10, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Gisbert, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gisbert Pérez, Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter, director of the Museo del Prado
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Alcoy
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1902
Place of death Paris