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María Roësset Mosquera
María Eugenia Roësset Mosquera (November 21, 1882 – October 3, 1921) was a Portuguese-born Spanish painter, known for her portraits, and nudes. She was also known by the married name María Eugenia Soriano Roësset, María Roësset, and signed her paintings as MaRo. Early life and family María Roësset Mosquera was born on November 21, 1882, in Espinho, Portugal, Espinho in North Region, Portugal, Norte region of Portugal, to parents Eugenio Roësset Liot and Margarita Mosquera. She came from a French Haute bourgeoisie, haute bourgeois family on her father's side, and was Galicians, Galician on her mother's side. Her father was a civil engineer working in Portugal during her birth. In her childhood, the family moved to Madrid. In 1904, she married Manuel Soriano Berrueta–Aldana (1863–1910), the son of the Spanish painter . After the marriage, her husband encouraged her to start painting. In 1910, her husband died, leaving her as a young widow with two young children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Nacional Del Prado
The Museo del Prado ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of Art of Europe, European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former Spanish royal collection, and the single best collection of Spanish art. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works. The numerous works by Francisco Goya, the single most extensively represented artist, as well as by Hieronymus Bosch, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, and Diego Velázquez, are some of the highlights of the collection. Velázquez and his keen eye and sensibility were also responsible for bringing much of the museum's fine collection of Italian masters to Spain, now one of the largest outside of Italy. The collection currently comprises around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures, in additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
