José Felipe Abárzuza y Rodríguez de Arias

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José Felipe Abárzuza y Rodríguez de Arias (born May 22, 1871 in Cádiz , † September 21, 1948 in Puerto Real near Cádiz) was a Spanish painter .

life and work

José Felipe Abárzuza y Rodríguez de Arias came from a wealthy family. He became interested in painting at an early age and studied from 1886 to 1890 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cádiz, where he was mainly influenced by his teacher José Morillo. He then lived in Madrid , where he was a student of the painter Joaquín Sorolla , who introduced him to the color theory of Impressionism and had the most lasting influence on his artistic work.

At the exhibitions in Madrid, Abárzuza won two second-class medals in 1892 and 1895. His work Ilusiones y realidades (“Illusions and Reality”), presented at the exhibition in 1899, was also awarded a medal and received another at the International Art Exhibition held in Munich in 1901 . In 1901 Abárzuza created the work El azahar de la novia ("The orange blossom bouquet of the newlyweds").

In 1902 Abárzuza settled back in Cádiz, where he pursued his private business as a winemaker, but also taught at the local art academy. He mainly created genre pictures , as well as landscape portraits and decorative wall paintings on the ceilings. His most important work is the painting of the ceiling of the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz, which he carried out from 1906 to 1909 with the support of his student Julio Moisés. In 1911 he became director of the Museum of Cadiz . There are some of his works; others are kept in the Museo del Prado . Abárzuza was also a professor at the Escuela de Artes e Industrias y Bellas Artes of Cádiz.

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SURNAME Abárzuza y Rodríguez de Arias, José Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Cadiz
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1948
Place of death Puerto Real near Cadiz