Antonio Gisbert Pérez (19 December 1834 – 27 November 1901) was a Spanish artist situated on the cusp between the realist and romantic movements in art. He was known for painting pictures of important events in a country's history in a realistic style, yet clearly with a political aim as well; his variance in styles puts him in the
Spanish eclectic school of painters. He generally tried to promote
liberal causes in his politics and paintings.
Career
Gisbert was born in
Alcoy
Alcoy ( ca-valencia, Alcoi) is an industrial and university city, region and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Serpis river crosses the municipal boundary of Alcoy. The local authority reported a population of 61,135 re ...
on December 19, 1834. He began his artistic studies at the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal acad ...
in Madrid in 1846, working under
José de Madrazo.
Gisbert became the Director of the
Museo del Prado
The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from th ...
in
Madrid
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in 1868. He stayed in that position until 1873, when he resigned because of opposition to the new
First Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic ( es, República Española), historiographically referred to as the First Spanish Republic, was the political regime that existed in Spain from 11 February 1873 to 29 December 1874.
The Republic's founding ensued after th ...
. He moved permanently to Paris and died there on November 27, 1901.
Works
* ''
'' ("The Execution of
Torrijos and his companions at
Málaga Beach"), his best-known work. It was made in 1888, and resides in the
Museo del Prado
The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from th ...
.
* ''Los Comuneros de Castilla'' ("The
Comuneros of Castile", variously translated otherwise as "The Execution of the Comuneros of Castile" or "Comuneros on the Scaffold"), an oil-on-canvas work which he debuted at the
Exposición Nacional of 1860 where it won first prize.
*
''María de Molina presenta a su hijo Fernando IV en las Cortes de Valladolid de 1295'' (1863).
* ''Retrato de Salustiano Olózaga'' (1867)
* ''El rey Amadeo I ante el cadáver del general Prim'' (
Amadeo I in front of the coffin of
General Prim)
* ''Retrato del rey Amadeo I de España'' (Portrait of King Amadeo I of Spain)
* ''Partida de Cristóbal Colón'' (Departure of Christopher Columbus)
Gallery
External links
Art Encyclopedia
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1834 births
1901 deaths
People from Alcoy
Painters from the Valencian Community
Spanish male painters
Directors of the Museo del Prado
19th-century Spanish painters
19th-century Spanish male artists