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Jenaro Pérez de Villaamil y d'Huguet (3 February 1807 – 5 June 1854) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who specialized in landscapes with figures and architectural scenes. He often inflated the scale of the buildings relative to the figures to make them more impressive.
@ Arte España. He went to Madrid in 1820 to study at the "Reales Estudios de San Isidro" (now part of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid). Three years later, he went to
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@ MCN Biografías. Upon his return to Spain in 1833, he made the acquaintance of the Scottish painter David Roberts, who had a decisive influence on his style.
He settled in Madrid in 1834 and became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando the following year. In 1840, he was named honorary court painter to Queen Isabella II. During the regime of Baldomero Espartero, from 1840 to 1844, he left his wife and young child and lived in self-imposed exile in France and Belgium, using artistic affairs as an excuse for his absence. After travelling through Europe, he returned in 1845 and obtained the chair of landscape painting at the Academia, where he later became the director.
He returned to Galicia for an extended stay in 1849 and made extensive travels throughout Spain until 1852, when he began to suffer from liver disease. He died in Madrid two years later, aged only forty-seven.
File:Genaro Pérez Villaamil Village Bullfight.jpg, Village Bullfight (1838)
File:Fachada de la catedral. Jenaro Pérez Villaamil.jpg, Facade of the Cathedral (before 1842)
File:Genaro Pérez Villaamil The Chapel of the Benavente Family in Medina de Rioseco.jpg, The Chapel of the Benavente Family in Medina de Rioseco (1842)
File:Castillo de Alcalá de Guadaira - Jenaro Pérez Villaamil.jpg, Castle of Alcala de Guadaira (1843)
File:El Pórtico de la Gloria de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, 1849, Jenaro Pérez Villaamil, Palacio de la Moncloa, Madrid.JPG, Pórtico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (1849)
File:Jenaro Pérez Villaamil - Asalto a la diligencia.JPG, Attack on the Stagecoach (1850)
* Fernández Malaval, Pastor Cerezo, ''Dibujos de Jenaro Pérez Villaamil'', Comunidad de Madrid; 2001.
Lithographs from "España Artística y Monumental"
@ the Dipòsit Digital de Documents,
Pérez Villaamil
@ the Museo de Bellas Artes de La Coruña website.
Works by Pérez Villaamil
in the "Biblioteca Digital Hispánica" of the
Biography
He was born inFerrol, Galicia
Ferrol (, ) is a city in the province of A Coruña in Galicia, Spain, located in the Rías Altas, in the vicinity of Strabo's Cape Nerium (modern-day Cape Prior). According to the 2021 census, the city had a population of 64,785, making it the ...
. In 1812, he was enrolled at the military academy in Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...
, where he assisted his father, who was a professor there.Briuef biography and works@ Arte España. He went to Madrid in 1820 to study at the "Reales Estudios de San Isidro" (now part of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid). Three years later, he went to
Cádiz
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to enlist in the army fighting the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
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" sent by the Duke of Angoulême. He was wounded and briefly held as a prisoner of war.Brief biography@ the
Museo del Prado
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website. Afterwards, he remained there to study at the "Escuela de Bellas Artes".
In 1830, he went to San Juan, Puerto Rico
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, with his brother Juan (died 1863), who was also a painter, where they decorated the Teatro Tapia and remained there for a few more years, working as scenographer
A scenographer or scenic designer, also production designer, is a person who develops the appearance of a stage design, a TV or movie set, a gaming environment, a trade fair exhibition design or a museum experience exhibition design. The term ori ...
s.Biography@ MCN Biografías. Upon his return to Spain in 1833, he made the acquaintance of the Scottish painter David Roberts, who had a decisive influence on his style.
He settled in Madrid in 1834 and became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando the following year. In 1840, he was named honorary court painter to Queen Isabella II. During the regime of Baldomero Espartero, from 1840 to 1844, he left his wife and young child and lived in self-imposed exile in France and Belgium, using artistic affairs as an excuse for his absence. After travelling through Europe, he returned in 1845 and obtained the chair of landscape painting at the Academia, where he later became the director.
He returned to Galicia for an extended stay in 1849 and made extensive travels throughout Spain until 1852, when he began to suffer from liver disease. He died in Madrid two years later, aged only forty-seven.
Selected paintings
Publications
* Jenaro Pérez de Villaamil, with text by Patricio de la Escosura: ''España artística y monumental: vistas y descripción de los sitios y monumentos más notables de España''. París: Alberto Hauser (Imprint of Fain & Thunot); Vol.I 1842, Vol.II 1844, Vol.III 185References
Further reading
* Enrique Arias Anglés, ''El paisajista romántico Jenaro Pérez Villaamil'', CSIC Press 1986* Fernández Malaval, Pastor Cerezo, ''Dibujos de Jenaro Pérez Villaamil'', Comunidad de Madrid; 2001.
External links
Lithographs from "España Artística y Monumental"
@ the Dipòsit Digital de Documents,
Autonomous University of Barcelona
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, the university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, lif ...
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Pérez Villaamil
@ the Museo de Bellas Artes de La Coruña website.
Works by Pérez Villaamil
in the "Biblioteca Digital Hispánica" of the
Biblioteca Nacional de España
The (National Library of Spain) is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world. Founded in 1711, it is an autonomous agency attached to the Ministry of Culture since 1 ...
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1807 births
1854 deaths
19th-century Spanish painters
19th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
Painters from Galicia (Spain)
Spanish Orientalist painters
People from Ferrol, Spain