Blasco de Grañén

Madonna and Child, Angel Concert and Donor Portrait (around 1439) from the Convento de San Francisco in Tarazona , today in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid

Madonna and Child and Concert of Angels (around 1439) from the church of Albalate del Arzobispo , today in the Museo de Zaragoza

Blasco de Grañén (* around 1400 in Saragossa ; † 1459 there ) was an important Aragonese painter of the late Gothic period . He was court painter to John II of Aragon .

life and work

Almost nothing is known about the life of Blasco de Grañén; His year of birth is also unclear. He was married to Doña Blanca de Tena. His workshop was in Zaragoza, but his clients came from all over Aragón. When he died, at least one of his works was still unfinished and in his will he commissioned his nephew Martín de Soria to complete it.

Works

Not a single work is signed; sometimes contracts or other documents have survived, but the related works themselves are lost. Many works are attributions:

Altarpiece of the Church of Lanaja ( Province of Huesca )
Altarpiece of the Church of Ontiñena ( province of Huesca )
Altarpiece of the Church of the Convento de San Francisco in Tarazona ( Province of Saragossa )
Altarpiece of the Church of San Salvador in Ejea de los Caballeros ( Province of Zaragoza , completed by Martín de Soria )
Altarpiece of the Church of Tosos ( Province of Saragossa )

Altarpiece of the Church of Santa María la Mayor in Albalate del Arzobispo ( Province of Teruel )

Altarpiece of the monastery church of San Pedro de Siresa in Valle de Hecho ( Huesca Province )

Altarpiece of the monastery church of Santa María de Sigena in Monegros ( Huesca province )

Altarpiece of the Church of San Blas in Anento ( Province of Saragossa )

literature

María del Carmen Lacarra Ducay: Blasco de Grañén, Pintor de retablos (1422-1459) . Saragossa, 2004, ISBN 978-84-7820-763-3 .

Web links

Commons : Blasco de Grañén - collection of images, videos and audio files

Altar of Ejea de los Caballeros - photos + information (Spanish)

personal data
SURNAME	Blasco de Grañén
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Aragonese painter of the late Gothic period
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1400
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zaragoza
DATE OF DEATH	1459
Place of death	Zaragoza