Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (2 July 1841 – 12 January 1871) was a Spanish

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painter who specialized in small-scale canvases. He was the father of the French writer

Miguel Zamacoïs Miguel Zamacoïs (8 September 1866 in Louveciennes – 22 March 1955 in Paris) was a French writer, novelist, poet and journalist. He was the son of the Spanish painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, nephew of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, the singe ...

, brother of the writer

Niceto de Zamacois Juan Niceto de Zamacois y Urrutia (20 March 1820 in Bilbao – 29 September 1885 in Mexico City) was a Spanish journalist, playwright, poet, novelist and historian resident in Mexico. He was half-brother of the painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, ...

, the singer

Elisa Zamacois Elisa Pedra Zamacois y Zabala (29 April 1838 in Bilbao – November 1915 in Buenos Aires) was a Spanish singer and actress. She was half-sister of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, and sister of the painter Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, and the acto ...

and the actor

Ricardo Zamacois Ricardo Melchor Zamacois y Zabala (6 January 1847, Bilbao - 18 February 1888, Barcelona)Eduardo Zamacois Eduardo Zamacois y Quintana (17 February 1873 – 31 December 1971) was a Cuban-Spanish novelist and journalist. A leading figure of the boom of short novel collections in Spain, and a representative of the bohemian literary scene in the coun ...

and the music composer

Joaquín Zamacois Joaquín Zamacois y Soler (14 December 1894 in Santiago de Chile – 8 September 1976 in Barcelona) was a Chilean-Spanish composer, music teacher and author. He comes from a well-known family of Spanish artists. Biography Joaquín Zamacois y So ...

Biography

Eduardo María Zamacois y Zabala was born in

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; the son of Professor Miguel Antonio de Zamacois y Berreteaga (1794–1863), and his second wife, Ruperta María del Pilar de Zabala y Arauco. His father was the founder and director of the Santiago de Vizcaya School of Humanities.Brief biography
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. His relatives included numerous artists: writers, actors and musicians. Of Basque ancestry, their surname originated in

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, France, where it was originally spelled "Samacoys". He received a thorough education, which included drawing classes with a local artist named Joaquín Balaca (c.1820-?). Later, when his father's school closed, the family moved to Madrid and, in 1856, he was enrolled at the

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, where he studied with

Federico de Madrazo Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 181510 June 1894) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son of José de Madrazo y Agudo, the painter and former Director of the Prado Museum. Federico's grandfather on his mother side ...

.Brief biography
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. In 1860, on Madrazo's recommendation, he went to Paris and attended the classes of

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in preparation for applying to the Ècole des Beaux-Arts. His application there was denied, so he turned to the workshops of

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, where he found a position. Zamacois y Zabala 001

A skillful business negotiator, he strove to gain access to as many European exhibitions as possible. Success came quickly. In 1861, he was commissioned to create decorative paintings in the quarters of the future king,

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at the

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. This work won him a grant from the , which enabled him to continue his studies. In 1862 and 1864, he was awarded medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He was married in Paris in 1865, to Louise Marie Héloise Perrin, whom he had met at the home of his friend,

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. They had two children: Miguel Louis Pascual, who became a well-known journalist and playwright, and a posthumous daughter, Marie Hélène, (who married the painter,

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). In 1866, he became good friends with the painter,

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, who did a portrait etching of him. During a trip to Rome, Zamacois also posed as a toreador for Fortuny's painting, ''

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''. Later, he contacted his friend, Adolphe Goupil, and put him in touch with Fortuny, which resulted in an exclusive contract with

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; a turning point in Fortuny's career. In 1870, he was awarded the Gold Medal at the

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for his painting, ''The Education of a Prince''. After a showing in London, one of his paintings was purchased by

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. The Franco-Prussian War created difficulties that eventually forced him to return to Madrid. His arrival there coincided with the official coronation of King Amadeus I, and he attended the ceremonies. It was an unusually cold winter and he became ill the following day. He died there suddenly, aged 29, of what was described as "gangrenous angina" (possibly

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). In 1878, he was awarded a posthumous diploma by the École des Beaux-Arts and a major retrospective at the Exposition Universelle. Goupil & Cie also published a large volume of photographs of his major works.

Other selected works

File:EDUARDO ZAMACOIS Y ZABALA - El Favorito del Rey (Colección Frankel Family Trust, Dallas, 1865-67. Óleo sobre tabla, 56 x 45 cm).jpg, ''The Favorite of the King'', 1865–1867 File:EDUARDO ZAMACOIS Y ZABALA - Bufones jugando al Cochonnet (Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 1868. Óleo sobre tabla, 46 x 35.6 cm).jpg, ''Jesters Playing'', 1868, Cochonnet File:EDUARDO ZAMACOIS Y ZABALA - Regreso al Convento (Museo Carmen Thyssen, Málaga, 1868. Óleo sobre lienzo, 54.5 x 100.5 cm).jpg, ''Return to the Convent'', 1868 File:Bautizo de pobre.jpg, ''Baptizing the Poor''

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ArtNet: More works by Zamacois.
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Biography

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