Alberto Pla y Rubio (1867–1937) was a Spanish painter interested in social issues. He was a professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Valencia, the Academy of Fine Arts in Cadiz and the La Lonja school in

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. He was born in Castelló de la Ribera,

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

. He studied art at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in

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, where he was a pupil of

Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans (9 September 1843 – 20 January 1917) was a Spanish painter. Life He was born in Madrid, and studied with his uncle, Luis Ferrant Llausàs, and at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He also rec ...

, and in the workshop of

Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (January 11, 1849 – October 18, 1916) was a Spanish painter from Valencia. He was one of the most prominent Impressionist painters from late nineteenth century Spain. Biography Born into a poor family in Valencia, P ...

. He won a first-class medal in the National Exhibition of 1895 with a canvas entitled ''¡A la guerra!'' ("Off to War!") and won a second-class medal at the

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of 1899. He died in Barcelona. Rubio focused on social themes in a realistic style. He was strongly influenced by Joaquin Sorolla and

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

brushwork, especially in the use of light in his oil paintings. His prize-winning painting, ''¡A la guerra!'', belongs to

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, the national art museum of

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, and currently hangs in the town hall of

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. In 2006, his painting ''The Orange Harvest'' sold at

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for ().

Gallery

File:Glaspalast München 1901 064.jpg, Monochrome reproduction of Pla's 1895 work ''A la guerra'' File:Mujer con Cantaro.jpg, ''Mujer con Cántaro'' ("Woman with Jug"), Oil on cardboard, circa 1910. 41 x 33 cm File:De la guerra, 1897.jpg, ''De la Guerra'' (1897)

References

External links

Alberto Pla y Rubio - Artworks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pla Y Rubio, Alberto 1867 births 1937 deaths Artists from Valencia Painters from the Valencian Community 19th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish Impressionist painters 19th-century Spanish male artists