Elías García Martínez

Elías García Martínez (born July 20, 1858 in Requena , Valencia , † August 1, 1934 in Utiel ) was a Spanish painter .

Life

Elías García Martínez began his artistic career in his native Requena. He studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia and Barcelona . He later moved to Zaragoza , where he married Juliana Condoy Tello. In 1894 he became an assistant professor at the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza . There Martínez taught ornamental drawing and portraiture until his retirement in 1929. He also gave courses as a professor at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Zaragoza .

Ecce Homo

In the summer of 2012 a work by Martínez, an image of Christ, called Ecce homo , was disfigured in the village of Borja near Saragossa by the pensioner Cecilia Giménez, who had tried to restore the work. This caused a worldwide media coverage.

literature

• A. Pilato Iranzo: García Martínez, Elías. General artist lexicon . Volume 49, Saur, Munich and Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-598-22789-2 (Volume 49), ISBN 978-3-598-22789-9 (Volume 49), ISBN 3-598-22740-X (complete), ISBN 978-3-598-22740-0 (complete), p. 148

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El pintor Elías García Martínez: (1858-1934): hijo ilustre de Requena (Google Books). Retrieved September 3, 2012 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ García Condoy, los de la Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa. Retrieved August 23, 2012 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Restauradores profesionales tratarán de recuperar el 'Ecce homo'. Retrieved August 23, 2012 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ La restauración que se convirtió en destrozo. Retrieved August 23, 2012 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ The pensioner paints over the Jesus fresco. Retrieved August 23, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Die Zeit, No. 53 of December 23, 2014, Dossier, pp. 13–15 - Cover story: If you think it doesn't work anymore ... (in 3 parts: Cecilia Giménez)

Web links

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