Emilio Sánchez Perrier (1855-1907) was a

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and watercolorist who also painted Orientalist subjects.

Life and career

Perrier was born in Seville on 15 October 1855. His father, Manuel Sanchez, ran a watchmaking shop in the Calle Sierpes. His father taught him watchmaking, but Perrier was interested in art and became a painter of landscapes and orientalist scenes, often in watercolor. He began to study under Eduardo Cano de la Peja and Joaquin Dominguez Bécquer about 1868, at the age of 13, in

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. He was among a circle of artists led by

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. In 1871, he resided in

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, where he befriended Mariano Fortuny. He studied under

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and Eduardo Cano at the School of Fine Arts in Granada. He studied under Carlos de Haes at the

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in Madrid. He traveled to Paris in 1879 and studied at the studios of Auguste Boulard at the Barbizon School and in the studios of

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and

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Sanchez-Perrier at

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. Retrieved Oct. 07, 2007. In Granada, he worked with Martín Rico. Perrier was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Seville and General Society of Fine Arts of France. He was a commander of the

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. Perrier died in Alhama de Granada on September 13, 1907.

Selected paintings

Selected paintings of Museo Del Prado, * ''Flooding of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville'', composite pencil on woven paper, 102 x 163 mm, 1876 009580* ''Wooded landscape with a column or pillory'', gray ink, wash, pen, black ink on woven paper, 88 x 125 mm, 1878 009585* ''Rocky Landscape with Ruins on a Cloudy Day'', gray ink, wash, pen, black ink on woven paper, 89 x 126 mm, 1878 009586* ''Country house with a cart and chickens'', gray ink, pen, black ink, composite pencil on woven paper, 89 x 126 mm, 1878 009587* ''Notes on Mudejar mullion windows and Romanesque doorway of the Monasterio de Piedra in Nuévalos (?), Zaragoza'', compound pencil, wash, brush, black ink, brown ink on woven paper, 89 x 126 mm, 1878 009588* ''Sketch of the bell tower of the Monasterio de Piedra in Nuévalos, Zaragoza'', gray ink, wash, brush, black ink on woven paper, 89 x 126 mm, 1878 009589* ''Notes on figures: traditional types'', gouache, brush, pen, black ink on woven paper, 89 x 126 mm, 1878 009591* ''Study of a majo with a saddlebag, watercolour'', pencil composed on woven paper, 260 x 173 mm, 1875 - 1880 009582* ''Study of the head of Don Quixot'', brush, pen, black ink on wove paper, 100 x 6.7 mm, 1875 - 1880 009579* ''View of the surroundings of the Cartuja de Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz'', charcoal, composite pencil on woven paper, 262 x 387 mm, around 1880 009577* ''The doctor Pedro Ruiz Prieto, watercolor'', opaque pigment wash ouache, temperaon woven paper, 141 x 88 mm, around 1880 009578* ''Self-portrait'', watercolor on woven paper, 158 x 110 mm, around 1880 009581* ''Table with an oil lamp, a pen, papers and cups'', gouache, pen, black ink on laid paper, 178 x 113 mm, around 1880 009583* ''Notes on figures: popular types, gouache'', pen, brown ink on wove paper, 79 x 135 mm, around 1880 009590* ''Notes on figures: men with capes and seated women'', gouache, brush, pen, brown ink on wove paper, 79 x 138 mm, around 1880 009592* ''View of the Castle of Alcalá de Guadaíra'', charcoal on wove paper, 603 x 405 mm, 1881 004942* ''View of Venice'', oil on panel, 35.5 x 22.5 cm, 1885 007587* ''Gisors landscape'', oil on panel, 15 x 27.5 cm, around 1895 004641* ''February'', oil on canvas, 100 x 207 cm, 1890 006363* ''A musketeer'', gouache, pen, black ink on laid paper, 178 x 113 mm, last quarter of the 19th century 009584

Gallery

Emilio Sánchez-Perrier Winter in Andalusia 1880.jpg, ''Winter in Andalusia'', 1880 Sancheztriana.jpg, ''Triana'', 1889 Emilio Sánchez-Perrier Bank of the Guadaira with Boat.jpg, ''Bank of the Guadaira with Boat'', c. 1890 Emilio Sánchez Perrier Fischer und Sohn im Boot.jpg, ''Fisher and son in boat'', 1907

References

External links

Sanchez Perrier Paintings at Art Renewal Center
1855 births 1907 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Painters from Seville Spanish Orientalist painters {{Spain-painter-stub

Life and career

Selected paintings

Gallery

See also

References

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