Salvador Viniegra

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Salvador Viniegra y Lasso de la Vega (born November 23, 1862 in Cádiz , † April 29, 1915 in Madrid ) was a Spanish history painter and art patron .

Life

Salvador Viniegra

Viniegra began to study law , but then decided to become a painter and attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Cádiz . There he was a student of Rámon Rodríguez Barcaza and José Pérez Jiménez . His earlier, better-known works include a series of watercolors that were published as an album in 1877. In the following years he won several art prizes at regional exhibitions. He traveled to Rome and studied life drawing there until he returned to Spain in 1882. In the same year he won with the painting Un patio de Sevilla (A courtyard in Seville) at the Exposición de Hernández . His large-format painting La bendición de los campos en 1800 was exhibited at the Exposición Nacional de Madrid in 1887 , where it won a first prize in its category.

In 1890, Viniegra won the competition for a scholarship at the Academia Española de Bellas Artes in Rome, where he lived until November 1896. This period is considered to be the most creative in his extensive work. His works have been exhibited internationally (including in Munich, Rome and Budapest), won international art awards, and made him one of the most famous painters in Europe of his time.

In the years 1890–1898 he was deputy director and curator of the Museo del Prado in Madrid and during this time he became an important patron of the arts and especially music; he was also a respected cellist . The artists he has sponsored include the composer Manuel de Falla and the cellist and conductor Juan Ruiz Casaux

  • Patio del Convento de San Francisco de Cádiz, 1881

  • El primer beso de Adan y Eva, 1891

  • The promulgación de la Constitución de Cádiz

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  • Biography Salvador Viniegra based on "Viniegra, Salvador", Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, volume LXVIII, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, pages 1687–1689
personal data
SURNAME Viniegra, Salvador
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salvador Viniegra y Lasso de la Vega
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish history painter and art patron
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Cadiz
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1915
Place of death Madrid