Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín (25 February 1831 – 24 October 1901) was a Spanish painter in the
Eclectic style who specialized in portraits,
genre
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and history painting.
Biography
Puebla was born in
Melgar de Fernamental
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Former municipalities
Incorporated into Melgar in the 1970 ...
, Spain. His first studies took place in the public schools of
Carrión de los Condes
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Situated on the River Carrión, it is 40 kilometers upstream from the provincial capital of Palencia, on the F ...
, where he displayed his talent for drawing. This led to his enrollment at the new "Escuela Municipal de Dibujo de Palencia", which had been created in 1838 and ultimately produced many well-known Spanish artists, including
,
Eugenio Oliva and
Asterio Mañanós Martínez. In 1845, he enrolled at the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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in Madrid,
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@ the Museo del Prado
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website where he studied with
José de Madrazo and
Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve
Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve (1815, Rome – April 14, 1891, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, son of Juan Antonio Ribera.
Early life and education
Baptismal godparents were the former king Charles IV of Spain, King Charles IV and Maria Luisa ...
.
After completing his course in Madrid he was able to perfect his art by travelling to Rome, thanks to a competitive grant awarded by the
Ministry of Public Works
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; 12,000
Reales per year for three years, beginning in 1858.
While there, he became part of the group of Spanish painters who gathered at the
Antico Caffè Greco. The grant was later extended for two years, enabling him to visit other parts of Italy.
Academic career
Upon returning to Spain in 1863, he was named Professor of Color and Composition at the Real Academia Provincial de Bellas Artes de Cádiz,
but served for only a short time before he was given a Royal Appointment to the Academy of San Fernando and took his place there in 1865.
On several occasions over the next twenty-five years, he sat on juries created by the Ministry of State to evaluate candidates for positions at the new "Academia Española de Bellas Artes de Roma". In 1869, he was named an officer in the
Order of Isabella the Catholic
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and
Order of Charles III
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.
He also exhibited widely, participating in the
Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
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History
As well as being a chance to showcase Austro-H ...
and the
Centennial Exposition
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in Philadelphia, among others.
In 1882, he was chosen to be an "Academician" by his peers at San Fernando
and, in 1897, he became the Director of the "School of Drawing, Painting and Engraving", succeeding
Luis de Madrazo. He died in
Madrid
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, aged 70.
Although his historical paintings were a relatively small portion of his output, they remain his best-known works. Many of his portraits are displayed in the
Congress of Deputies
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Congress has ...
in Spain, including those of ''
Nicomedes Pastor Díaz'' and ''
Pedro José Pidal''.
References
Further reading
* Diccionario de Arte, ''Pintores del siglo XIX,'' Editorial LIBSA, 2001. .
* Juan Carlos Elorza Guinea (ed.) ''Dióscoro Puebla, 1831-1901'', Exhibition catalog, Burgos, Junta de Castilla y León, 1993.
External links
Dióscoro Puebla:Galería Pintores Españoles @ Foro Xerbar
Dióscoro Puebla@ Burgospedia
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1831 births
1901 deaths
19th-century Spanish male artists
19th-century Spanish painters
People from the Province of Burgos
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni
Spanish history painters
Spanish male painters