Serafín Xoaquín Avendaño Martínez (12 October 1838 – 23 August 1916) was a Galician landscape and

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painter who spent many years living in Italy.

Biography

Serafín Avendaño was born in

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. His father was a professor. When he was still very young, the family moved to Madrid, where he received his first art lessons at the

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.Brief biography
@ Afundación. In 1858, he won a silver medal at the Exposición de Galiza for his watercolor "A miña tristura" (My Sadness). Although initially influenced by the landscape style of the Belgian-born painter Carlos de Haes, he eventually acquired a brighter palette. Thanks to his family's relative wealth, he was able to travel extensively during the 1860s; visiting the United States (where he painted

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), England, France and Switzerland. In 1864, he won a medal at the prestigious National Exhibition of Fine Arts. In 1866, after receiving a grant, he went to Italy for further studies and remained there until 1891.Biographical notes
@ the Museo del Prado. Most of his time in Italy was spent in and around

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, where he became associated with the "", a local group of landscape painters. Periodically, he travelled to Spain to participate in various expositions and work on the family estate near Vigo. After his return, he sat as a judge on several art juries and provided illustrations for the magazine ''Blanco y Negro'' from 1893 to 1911. He won two more medals at the National Exhibition, in 1892 and 1899. Eventually, he retired to

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, where he died of

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in 1916.Biographical notes
@ the Fundación Maria José Jove. Numerous exhibitions of his works were held in Italy up through the 1930s.

Selected paintings

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Galician Woman File:Serafín Avendaño. Paisaxe de inverno.jpg, Winter Landscape File:Serafín Avendaño, Procesión.jpg, Procession File:Marina, de Serafín Avendaño.jpg, Marine File:Serafín Avendaño 1838-1916, A carreta de argazo.jpg, A Cartful of Seaweed

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Avendaño.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avendano, Serafin 1838 births 1916 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Painters from Galicia (Spain) Spanish landscape painters Spanish genre painters People from Vigo

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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