Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve (1815,

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– April 14, 1891,

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) was a Spanish painter, son of

Juan Antonio Ribera Juan Antonio Ribera Fernandez, also Juan Antonio de Ribera (May 27, 1779 – June 15, 1860) was a Spanish painter. Early life and career Ribera was born in Madrid, was a student of Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and probably had on occasion met wit ...

Early life and education

Baptismal godparents were the former king King Charles IV and

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. Carlos Luis studied at the

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. His talent was recognized at the age of fifteen in 1830, when he won first prize in the Academy's contest for his portrait painting ''

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''. He also received a pension, which allowed him to pursue his higher studies in Rome and Paris. There, he studied under the French painter

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. Luis de Ribera's time at the Academy of San Fernando was an influential period in his life as a painter. During that time he was regular at the gatherings of Romantic thinkers in

. He was one of the most active people in the foundation of the review El artista and contributed a large number of lithographs to it. He also studied art in Paris, which was something all aspiring artists did in those days. He spent nine years in Paris, working for a majority of that period in the studio of

. It was Delaroche who motivated de Ribera to work on historical paintings.

Royal Academy

In 1845, on March 23 he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Academy. Based on their merits he was granted with the Cross of the

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on December 15, 1860. He was awarded with the Grand Cross of the

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on August 27, 1870. For years, since 1878, Ribera participated as a jury member of the Royal Academy. He served as court painter to

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, and was later appointed to Minister of Public Instruction and Director of the Academy of San Fernando.

Works

He cultivated historical themes with pictures as '' Don Rodrigo Calderon Gallows Road'' and '' The Taking of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs'' and the religious such as '' The Conversion of St. Paul'', '' The Assumption of the Virgin''. He decorated the interior of the

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(1850) and the church of San Francisco el Grande Basilica.

Exhibitions

Luis de Ribera exhibited his works most frequently in Paris. It was his city of choice for exhibitions between 1839 and 1855. He also exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Artistic and Literary Liceo.

Designs and Illustrations

Luis de Ribera also had a successful, albeit minor, career as a designer and illustrator. His designed and provided illustrations for several of the periodicals of the time, such as

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and that of the Spanish Museum of Antiquities.

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