Francesc Sans i Cabot
Francesc Sans i Cabot (born April 9, 1828 in Girona , † May 5, 1881 in Madrid ) was a Catalan painter.
Sans i Cabot studied at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona (1850–55). At the age of 27 he went to Rome and Paris in 1856 and became a student of the painters Thomas Couture and Horace Vernet . After his return he was able to use some of his pictures - u. a. “Lutero” (1858) and “Episodi de Trafalgar (1862)” - successfully debut. In his first works he repeatedly addressed familiar literary material; he found the latter in the work of the writer Francisco de Quevedo .
Another focus of Sans i Cabot's work was history painting . His best known of these was his allegory "Freedom and Independence" in 1862 , an episode from the Battle of Trafalgar . His oil painting “ General Prim and the Catalan volunteers near Tetuan ”, an incident from the Spanish-Moroccan war, was highly praised and with a political message .
Another picture, which is also a political statement, deals with Churruca's death in the Battle of Trafalgar. The Teatro Real (royal theater) in Madrid decorated Sans i Cabot with some ceiling paintings, as did the Teatro de la Zarzuela and the Teatro Nuevo Apolo a short time later . For some private residences, including four historic ones in the Alcazar of Toledo , he created frescoes in addition to ceiling paintings .
The high point of his artistic life was his appointment as director of the Museo del Prado in 1873 . From 1875 he also worked as a museologist at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where he died in his house in 1881.
Works (selection)
- Episodi de Trafalgar . 1862
- The death of Churruca at the Battle of Trafalgar
- Prim a Tetuan . 1865 ( General Prim and the Catalan volunteers at Tetuan )
- End of Carnival (Fin de Carnaval)
- Prometheus , freedom and independence. (1860)
- the Girona cabbage market . 1871
- the friend's visit . 1871
- Catchment Charles V in Rome .
- Capture of the Fort of Goletta .
- the battle of Mühlberg .
- Visit of Franz I to the Emperor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Online edition of the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Source: Museo del Prado
Web links
- Història de la Universitat de Barcelona (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sans i Cabot, Francesc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sans i Cabot, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Girona |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1881 |
| Place of death | Madrid |