Salvador Viniegra
Salvador Viniegra y Lasso de la Vega (November 23, 1862 – April 29, 1915) was a Spanish historical painter and patron of the arts. Biography Born in Cádiz, Viniegra began studying law but soon decided to be a painter and entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Cádiz, where he was taught by Rámon Rodríguez Barcaza and José Pérez Jiménez. He concentrated initially on painting watercolors, and a series of works in that genre, which grew eventually into an album, earned him his first taste of public success, in 1877. In the following years, he won various painting prizes at regional exhibitions and traveled to Rome, where he devoted himself to the study of life drawing. Returning to Spain in 1882, he competed that same year in the Exposición de Hernandéz, submitting the painting ''Un patio de Sevilla'' as his entry. Later, another work of large proportions, ''La bendición de los campos en 1800'', was exhibited at the Exposición Nacional de Madrid in 1887 and received ...
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