Daniel Hernández Morillo (1 August 1856, Salcabamba – 23 October 1932,

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) was a

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vian painter in the

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style who spent most of his working life in Paris. He also served as the first Director of the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes.

Biography

His mother was Peruvian and his father was from Spain. He was brought to Lima at the age of four and began his artistic education at fourteen, in the studios of Italian-born

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, who had worked as a portrait painter and

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in California during the

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. Later, when Barbieri had left Lima, Hernández took over his art classes. In 1872, he painted a version of the "

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" that won him recognition from the government of President Manuel Pardo, and a grant that enabled him to study in Europe. He left Peru in 1874. After his arrival in Paris, he met his fellow Peruvian,

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, who advised him to study in Rome instead. He did so, and remained there for nine years, working with

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, among others. In 1883, he returned to Paris and was elected President of the "Sociedad de Pintores Españoles", composed of the Spanish-speaking artists who lived there. He was also a member of the "

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" and exhibited regularly at the

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. In 1912, he travelled to

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and Rome to exhibit, returning to Paris in 1918. Not long after, his younger brother Inocencio obtained an important leadership position in the

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and, possibly through his influence, President José Pardo called upon Hernández to participate in the creation of a new art school.Brief biography
@ Bellas Artes de Peru. The "

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" opened in 1919, with Hernández as its first director. He retained that position until his death in 1932. A district encompassing the city of

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, near his birthplace, has been named after him.

Gallery

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External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Hernández
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