Juan Antonio Bouzas (also spelled García Bouzas; c. 1680 – 23 May 1755) was a Spanish painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period. He was born at Santiago de Compostela. He was a pupil of Luca Giordano at

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. The troubles occasioned by the war of the succession obliged him to withdraw himself from Madrid, and he returned to his native city. His principal works are in the churches at Santiago. In the cathedral is a picture of ''St. Paul and St. Andrew'', and in the convent of the Dominicans are two altar-pieces by him. He painted easel pictures which bear a resemblance to those of his master.

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* People from Santiago de Compostela 17th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists Spanish Baroque painters 1672 births 1730 deaths {{Spain-painter-stub