Juan de Barroeta y Anguisolea (10 October 1835 – 10 April 1906) was a Spanish painter of Basque ancestry; best known for his portraits.

Biography

He was born in

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. His father was a decorative painter and gave him his first lessons. In 1850, he moved to Madrid to enroll at the

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, where he studied with

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. In 1855, he tried to win a scholarship to the , but was unsuccessful. After a second failed effort in 1859, he returned to Bilbao, where he quickly established himself as a popular portrait artist; winning commissions from many notable members of the Basque community. In 1865, he painted "imaginary portraits" of the

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kings Leovigildo and Chindasvinto for a history of the kings of Spain. He also provided illustrations for several periodicals, including ''

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'', as well as doing the posters and set decorations for productions of the operas ''

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''. He was active in liberal politics and fought to defend his hometown in the Siege of Bilbao, during the

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. He also painted numerous battle scenes from the war. In 1875, however, he still agreed to paint a portrait of King

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on behalf of the "". He died in Bilbao, aged 70. Notable for his Realistic style, many of his works have a photographic quality. Most of his approximately 270 portraits are in private collections, but many of his other works may be seen in the

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Selected paintings

File:El rey Chindasvinto (Museo del Prado).jpg, Portrait of Chindasvinto File:La resurrección de Lázaro, de Juan de Barroeta (Museo del Prado).jpg, The Raising of Lazarus File:Barroeta-Dona San Gil.jpg, Portrait of Doña Lorenza San Gil File:Juan de Barroeta - View of El Abra, Bilbao, from Algorta - Google Art Project.jpg, View of

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References

External links

"Juan de Barroeta, el cronista del pincel"
by Daniel Bacigalupe @ Bilbao.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Barroeta, Juan 1835 births 1906 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Basque painters Spanish portrait painters Spanish landscape painters Artists from Bilbao Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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