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Carlos Vázquez Úbeda (31 December 1869, Ciudad Real31 August 1944,
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) was a Spanish painter, illustrator and poster artist.


Biography

His father, was a journalist and politician; the son of General . His first drawing lessons came from his mother, Matilde. Later, he attended the Escuela Especial de Pintura in Madrid, where he studied with the landscape painter, Carlos de Haes. Thanks to a scholarship from the
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, he was able to study in France and Italy; settling in Paris and working with
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In 1892, he received his first official recognition at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and, the following year, was awarded a medal st the Exposition des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. Beginning in 1895, he exhibited at the Salon. In 1896, he accompanied Daniel Urrabieta Vierge on a trip through
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, to create illustrations for ''
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'', then went to Venice to fulfill several commissions; including portraits of
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, and his family, for which he was honored with the title of "
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By 1898, he had established himself in Barcelona and become associated with the group of artists who gathered at '' Els Quatre Gats''; such as Ramón Casas,
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and
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. It was then that he began creating poster designs and illustrations for numerous periodicals; notably '' Blanco y Negro'', '' Pèl & Ploma'', ' and '. In 1901, he married Matilde Garriga Corones, from a prominent Barcelona family, and was presented with a wedding portrait by
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. He had his first solo exhibition at the
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in 1903. Over the next few years, he had several showings at the Salon and, in 1906, was named a Knight in the Order of Alfonso XII, for his work depicting members of the
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(Catalan police force) arresting a pair of gypsies. In 1908 his painting, "La Suegra" (The Mother-in-Law), was shown at the Salon and purchased by
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. Two years later, he received a First Class prize at the National Exhibition for "The Wounded Torero". Shortly after, his "Honeymoon in the Ansó Valley" was acquired by
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, for the
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. He became a member of that society in 1914. In 1915, he was elected President of the .Maria Isabel Marín Silvestre, ''Cercle Artístic de Barcelona. Primera aproximació a 125 anys d'història'', Reial Cercle Artístic, 2006 That same year, he was awarded a gold medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco. After that time, his wife began suffering from an illness that left her paralyzed, and he stopped exhibiting internationally, but increased his activity within Spain; culminating in a solo exhibition at the
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in 1928. He was appointed Professor of decorative composition at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona in 1936 and held a showing in Caracas, Venezuela; his first overseas since 1925. Shortly after, at the beginning of the
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, his studio was looted, resulting in the loss of numerous documents and works. Early in 1937 he, his wife, and his daughter fled to
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. Eventually, they settled in
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, in a home owned by the artist, Raquel Meller. During this period, he was very prolific, selling his works in Paris and
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, where he also had a solo exhibit. They returned to Spain in 1938, and settled in
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, where he painted a portrait of the notorious military commander,
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. After the war, they returned to Barcelona. One of his first works there involved a commission for decorations in the clinic of the famed ophthalmologist, Ignacio Barraquer. In 1944, he was named an Academician at the
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. He died later that year, of a heart attack, while painting in his studio.


References


External links


Carlos Vázquez
official website
More works by Vázquez
@ Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez Ubeda, Carlos 1869 births 1944 deaths Spanish painters Spanish illustrators Spanish poster artists Spanish genre painters Spanish portrait painters People from Ciudad Real