San Carlos Borromeo Repartiendo Limosna al Pueblo by Jose Salome Pina - 1853

José Salomé Pina (1830 – 1909) was a Mexican painter. Together with Santiago Rebull Gordillo and

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, he was one of the most famous 19th-century Mexican artists. He was schooled in the arts at the

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who was associated with the

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Biography

His activities as a painter became well known after 1852 when he painted the ''Agar e Ismael'' at the age of 22. A year later he gained more renown when he produced ''Sansón y Dalila'' (1853). In 1854, he competed for a pension in

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, which he won with his painting ''San Carlos Borromeo'' (pictured above right). Later, in 1856, he was awarded a grant to study in

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, joining the studio of

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where he painted two works: ''Abraham and Isaac'' and ''Dante and Virgil''. Both of these paintings from 1856, were sent by Pina to be displayed at the Academy of San Carlos, though today they are on display at the MUNAL in Mexico City. In 1859, Salomé Pina exhibitioned his painting ''La Piedad (La Virgen de la Piedad)'' for which he received an honorable mention. After some time in Paris, Pina moved back to Rome in 1860 to complete his study of the classics under the tutelage of Consoni and Gariot.LA VIRGEN DEL REFUGIO DE SALOMÉ PINA
Por Eduardo Bàez M. In 1865, he was commissioned to make a painting commemorating the visit to Rome of Archduke Maximilian on a trip to see

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. Salomé Pina was unable to finish this work, though there are sketches of the painting on display at the

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. These sketches support the theory that Salomé Pina conducted his work from photographs. In 1869, Salomé Pina became a professor at the Academy of San Carlos.

Death and legacy

Salomé Pina died in 1909. At the time of his death, his works had largely become unpopular with his students as the contemporary Mexican art had trended away from

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. Both Germán Gedovius and

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

studied under Salomé Pina. In the modern day, he is remembered as an important art figure in Mexican history. His most famous works are ''Sansón y Dalila'' and ''San Carlos Borromeo en la peste de Roma''.

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Biography

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