Antonio Gisbert Pérez (19 December 1834 – 27 November 1901) was a Spanish artist situated on the cusp between the realist and romantic movements in art. He was known for painting pictures of important events in a country's history in a realistic style, yet clearly with a political aim as well; his variance in styles puts him in the Spanish eclectic school of painters. He generally tried to promote liberal causes in his politics and paintings.

Career

Gisbert was born in

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on December 19, 1834. He began his artistic studies at the

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in Madrid in 1846, working under

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. Gisbert became the Director of the

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in 1868. He stayed in that position until 1873, when he resigned because of opposition to the new

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. He moved permanently to Paris and died there on November 27, 1901.

Works

* '' El fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en la playa de Málaga'' ("The Execution of

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and his companions at

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Beach"), his best-known work. It was made in 1888, and resides in the

. * ''Los Comuneros de Castilla'' ("The Comuneros of Castile", variously translated otherwise as "The Execution of the Comuneros of Castile" or "Comuneros on the Scaffold"), an oil-on-canvas work which he debuted at the Exposición Nacional of 1860 where it won first prize. * ''María de Molina presenta a su hijo Fernando IV en las Cortes de Valladolid de 1295'' (1863). * ''Retrato de Salustiano Olózaga'' (1867) * ''El rey Amadeo I ante el cadáver del general Prim'' (

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in front of the coffin of

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) * ''Retrato del rey Amadeo I de España'' (Portrait of King Amadeo I of Spain) * ''Partida de Cristóbal Colón'' (Departure of Christopher Columbus)

Gallery

External links

Art Encyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gisbert, Antonio 1834 births 1901 deaths People from Alcoy Painters from the Valencian Community Spanish male painters Directors of the Museo del Prado 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists