Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Painting, Visual Artist
1841 – 1920
Who was Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta?
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta was a Spanish realist painter.
He studied painting under his father, Federico de Madrazo, and at the School of the Beaux Arts in Madrid. He was born in Rome, but after 1860 he lived mostly in Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Léon Cogniet, and eventually established a studio. His remarkable technical ability made him a highly successful portrait and genre painter in a Salon style.
As an artist of international standing he commanded premium prices for his work. His $2,000 fee for painting Secretary Root from life moved the scale for official portraits beyond the traditional modest progressions and into 20th-century levels.
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- Born
- 1841
Rome - Also known as
- Мадрасо, Раймундо
- Nationality
- Spain
- Lived in
- Rome
- Died
- 1920
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on July 23, 2013
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