Blasco de Grañén (c. 1400,

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– October 1459,

) (known as: "Master of Lanaja") was a Gothic painter active in

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from 1422. He became the appointed painter to

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. His notable assistant, among others, was Pedro García de Benavarre, with whom he made the

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s for the monastery of San Pedro de Siresa in 1445. Grañén was a follower of

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. In 1435, he made the altarpiece for the

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in Zaragoza. Two years later he created an altarpiece for the altar of Santiago at the

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. He began the altarpiece for the Church of San Salvador in

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in 1440 but it was unfinished at the time of his death; his nephew,

Martín de Soria Martín de Soria (fl. 1449 -1487) was a Spanish Gothic painter in the Flemish style; active in the Kingdom of Aragón. His style is related to that of Jaume Huguet and his works have sometimes been confused with that painter's youthful efforts. ...

, completed it. He died in October 1459, leaving his widow, Dona Blanca de Tena.

References

* LACARRA DUCAY, María Carmen & MARCOS, Angel, ''Joyas de un patrimonio. Retablo de San Salvador. Ejea de los Caballeros'', Zaragoza, Diputación de Zaragoza; Centro de Estudios de las Cinco Villas, 1991. Catálogo de la exposición. (in Spanish) * MORTE GARCÍA, Carmen (dir.) & Margarita Castillo Montolar (coord.), ''El esplendor del Renacimiento en Aragón'', Zaragoza, Gobierno de Aragón; Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao; Generalitat Valenciana, 2009. . Catálogo de la Exposición. Guía abreviada. (in Spanish) *LACARRA DUCAY, María Carmen, ''Blasco de Grañén, pintor de retablos (1422-1459)'', Zaragoza, Institución "Fernando el Católico", 2004. (in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Granen, Blasco de 1400 births 1459 deaths Artists from Zaragoza Gothic painters 15th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters