Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (24 July 1841 – 15 September 1920) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists who worked in the Realistic style, although his later work shows signs of

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and Japanese influence. He was known primarily for his

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paintings and portraits. His grandfather was

José de Madrazo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

, his father was the portrait painter

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 ...

and his brother was

Ricardo de Madrazo Ricardo Federico de Madrazo y Garreta (7 February 1852 – 18 August 1917) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists, best known for his Orientalist works. He was also the brother-in-law of the great Spanish Orientalist, Marian ...

Biography

He was born in

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into a family of artists with a noble background. His grandfather was

, the painter and former Director of the

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; his father was

, also a painter; his uncles were

Luis de Madrazo Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz (27 February 1825 – 9 February 1897) was a List of Spanish painters, Spanish painter of portraits and religious scenes from a well-known family that included his father José Madrazo, José (a painter), and his brothers ...

, a painter,

Pedro de Madrazo Pedro de Madrazo y Kuntz (11 October 1816, Rome - 20 August 1898, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, jurist, writer, translator and art critic. Biography He came from an illustrious family of artists. His father was the painter José de Madrazo y ...

, an art critic and

Juan de Madrazo Juan de Madrazo y Kuntz (1829, Madrid - 7 March 1880, Madrid) was a Spanish architect and restoration expert. Life and work He came from a family of illustrious painters. His father was the portrait painter, José Madrazo. His brothers were t ...

, an architect; while his brother was

, also a painter. His maternal grandfather was Tadeusz Kuntze, a Polish painter. The Madrazo family have been described as one of the most important painting dynasties, who literally dominated 19th-century painting in Spain. His first lessons came from his father and grandfather. Later, he attended the

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, where he studied with Carlos Luis de Ribera and

Carlos de Haes Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes (January 25, 1829 – June 17, 1898) was a Spanish painter from Belgium.Caso, E. F., ''Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole,'' ACR edition, 1997, p. 128 He was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, a ...

. He settled in Madrid and completed his education with a visit to Paris in 1860; taking lessons from

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and coming under the influence of his friend Alfred Stevens.Brief biography
@ the

. He had his first exhibition that same year and often visited New York to sell his paintings. Among his clients there were the

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and

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. He rarely had exhibitions in Spain. In 1882 he, Stevens,

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and

Georges Petit Georges Petit (11 March 1856 – 12 May 1920) was a French art dealer, a key figure in the Paris art world and an important promoter and cultivator of Impressionist artists. Early career Petit was the son of François Petit, who founded the f ...

established an "International Painting Exhibition" to promote foreign artists living in Paris.Brief biography
@ AllArt Classic. He was a frequent exhibitor at the

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, won a major medal at the

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and was a regular at the salon of

Madeleine Lemaire Madeleine Lemaire, ''née'' Coll (1845 – 8 April 1928), was a French painter who specialized in elegant genre works and flowers. Robert de Montesquiou said she was ''The Empress of the Roses''. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn t ...

. The model for nearly all of the female figures in his

paintings was Aline Masson, the daughter of the doorman at the Paris residence of the .Commentary on "The Reading"
@ the

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. After 1862, he lived in Paris for much of his life. In the late 1860s, he spent some time in Rome with his brother, working in the studios of

Marià Fortuny Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal (; es, Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874), known more simply as Marià Fortuny or Mariano Fortuny, was the leading Spanish painter of his day, with an ...

, who had married their sister

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. During the Franco-Prussian War, he lived in

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. His wife died during childbirth in 1874, the same year as his brother-in-law, Fortuny. In 1894, he donated a collection of works by

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that he had acquired in 1869 to the Museo del Prado. In 1914, he moved to Versailles, where he died six years later. His son, Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa (known as "Coco") also became a notable painter.

Selected paintings

File:Raimundo de Madrazo - Portrait of Federico de Madrazo Painting - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Portrait of Federico de Madrazo Painting'', 1875 File:Raimondo Madrazo - Fond Memories.jpg, ''Fond Memories'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - The Reluctant Mistress.jpg, ''The Reluctant Mistress'' File:RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO Y GARRETA - Después del baño (Museo del Prado, Madrid, c. 1895).jpg, ''After the Bath'', c. 1895 File:Raimundo Madrazo - La lectura.jpg, ''Reading'', c. 1880-85 File:Raimundo Madrazo - The Model Aline Masson with a White Mantilla.jpg, ''Portrait of Aline Masson in a

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'', c. 1875 File:Raimundo de Madrazo. Retrato de María Guerrero en Doña Inés. 1891.jpg, ''Portrait of

María Guerrero María Ana de Jesús Guerrero Torija (April 17, 1867 - January 23, 1928), better known as María Guerrero, was a prominent Spanish theatre actor, producer and director. Life and work María Guerrero Torija was born in Madrid in 1867. She enrol ...

as Doña Inés''. 1891 File:Raimundo Madrazo - Gitana.jpg, ''A gypsy'', 1872 File:The Beautiful Bandurria Player.jpg, ''The Beautiful Bandurria Player'', 1870 File:Raimundo Madrazo - Aline con antifaz.jpg, ''Aline with mask'' File:Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta - Spring Beauty - 81.408 - Indianapolis Museum of Art.jpg, ''Spring Beauty'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - Bella y Canto.jpg, '' Beautiful and singing'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - Coming out of Church.jpg, ''Coming Out of Church'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - The Music Lesson.jpg, ''The Music Lesson'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - Travesuras de la modelo.jpg, ''Antics of the model'', c. 1885 File:Raimundo Madrazo - Muchacha en columpio.jpg, ''Girl on swing'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - Portrait of Aline Masson Leaning on a Sofa.jpg, ''Portrait of Aline Masson Leaning on a Sofa'' File:Raimundo Madrazo - Preparing for the Costume Ball.jpg, ''Preparing for the Costume Ball'' File:María Hahn, esposa del pintor, por Raimundo de Madrazo.jpg, ''María Hahn, wife of the painter'', 1901 File:Raimundo_Madrazo_-_Portrait_Of_A_Lady_In_Pink_Ribbons.jpg, ''Portrait Of A Lady In Pink Ribbons''

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Biography

Selected paintings

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