Eduardo Rosales Gallinas (4 November 1836 – 13 September 1873) was a Spanish painter. He was an adherent of the Italian-based art movement known as " Purismo" and specialized in historical scenes.

Biography

He was born in

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. The second son of a minor official, he began his education in a private school operated by the Escolapios. He was orphaned as a teenager and enrolled in the

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, where he studied under Federico de Madrazo in 1851.Museo del Prado:
Brief biography. Rosales accompanied some friends to Rome in 1857, without a fellowship or other financial support, until he received a special stipend from the government to continue his studies in 1861. He joined a group of Spanish painters who gathered in the Antico Caffè Greco, which included

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, Dióscoro Puebla and

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. There he began to associate with followers of the

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, but soon abandoned his interest in them and produced his first important work "Tobías y el angel". However, he continued to be interested in developing a more realistic style, which was achieved in his best known work "Doña Isabel la Católica dictando su testamento". He took it to the

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in Paris and later returned to Rome, where he sent a telegram to his friends Martín Rico and Raimundo de Madrazo telling them that the painting had been an outstanding success, taking the First Gold Medal for work by a foreigner. He was also named a Chevalier in the

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Brief biography.

Final years

He married his cousin Maximina in 1868. They had two children, one of whom, Eloisa, died in infancy and was memorialized in his painting "Primeros pasos" (First Steps). Rosales was in poor health himself, having had

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for many years, and made frequent visits to Panticosa in the

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, where the water was famous for its curative properties.EcuRed:
Brief biography. In 1869, he left Rome for good and opened a studio in Madrid. The harsh criticism he received for his work "La Muerte de Lucrecia" (1871) left him discouraged and he never painted another large-scale canvas. The following year, hoping to find a climate that would more amenable to his health, he moved to

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. Upon the declaration of the

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, he was offered positions at the Museo del Prado, which he rejected, and at the new , which he accepted but never filled, due to his worsening condition. He died shortly thereafter, in Madrid. In 1922, Madrid honored him with a memorial statue, sculpted by

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and placed on a street named after him, the ''Paseo del Pintor Rosales''.

Other selected paintings

File:Eduardo Rosales - Juan de Austria's presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste.jpg, John of Austria being presented to Emperor

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(1868/1869) Eduardo Rosales - Diogenes.jpg, Sketch of

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(date unknown) File:Conchita Serrano Dominguez Eduardo Rosales 1871.jpg, The Countess of

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("The Pink Girl", 1871) File:Eduardo Rosales Gallinas - La muerte de Lucrecia.jpg, The Death of

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(1871)

References

External links

Eduardo Rosales, pintor de historia
(Website devoted to Rosales)
Scholarly articles
in English about Eduardo Rosales both in web an
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@ th
Spanish Old Masters Gallery

Arcadja Auctions:
Drawings and other smaller works by Rosales. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosales, Eduardo 1836 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters Artists from Madrid Orientalist painters Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni 19th-century Spanish male artists

Biography

Final years

Other selected paintings

References

Further reading

External links