Manuel Cabral y Aguado Bejarano - Selfportrait

Manuel Cabral Aguado-Bejarano (1827,

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- 1891, Seville) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style; best known for his

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scenes.

Biography

He was the son of the painter,

Antonio Cabral Bejarano Antonio Cabral Bejarano (31 October 1798 – 1 August 1861) was a Spanish painter, considered to be an adherent of both the Europe-wide Romantic painting and the specifically Hispanic painting school of Costumbrismo. His ancestors for several earl ...

. He actually began his studies with

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and only later took lessons from his father. In 1845, he enrolled at what is now the

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in Seville. After graduating, he was named an honorary "Painter to the Queen" (

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). Many years later, he became a Professor there. He received honorary mention at the Exposiciones Nacionales de Bellas Artes in 1858, 1864, 1879 and 1880, (in

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), and in 1856, 1858, 1867 and 1878 in Seville. His great attention to the fine details of dress, architecture and everyday objects makes his paintings of significant documentary value. Although he is most familiar as a painter of

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scenes, he also produced many portraits; notably those for the French Ducal family of Montpensier, for whom he worked in 1877, and the actors, (dressed in her role of ''

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'') and Julián Romea (dressed as ''

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''). The latter works may be seen at the Museo del Romanticismo in Madrid. Other important examples of his work may be found at the

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.Manuel Ossorio y Bernard: ''Galería Biográfica de artistas españoles del siglo XIX'', 2ª edición, Giner, (1975) By the time of his death, his works had come to be considered old-fashioned.

Selected paintings

File:Manuel Cabral Aguado-Bejarano - Procesión en Sevilla, 1855.jpg, Procession in Seville File:Manuel Cabral Aguado Bejarano At the Seville Fair.jpg, At the Fair in Seville File:El duque de Montpensier y sus compañeros de caza en el Coto de Doñana (Museo de Cádiz).jpg,

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with His Hunting Companions File:Museo del Romanticismo - CE0068 - Teodora Lamadrid en Adriana Lecouvreur.jpg, Teodora Lamadrid as ''Adriana Lecouvreur''

References

External links

More works by Aguado-Bejarano
@ ArtNet
Paintings and Brief Biography
@ the Carmen Thyssen Museum
Biographical notes
@ MCN Biografías 1827 births 1891 deaths Spanish painters Spanish genre painters Painters from Seville Spanish portrait painters {{Spain-painter-stub

Biography

Selected paintings

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