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Fernando García del Molino (23 March 1813,
@ Revisionistas. While there, he befriended his fellow student Carlos Morel and they often painted together.Brief biography
@ Fundación Konex. After graduating, he turned to teaching. One of his earliest students was
ArtNet: Miniatures by García del Molino
a review of the exhibition "Retratos para una identidad. Fernando García del Molino, 1813- 1899", by Mercedes Perez Bergliaffa @ Revista de Cultura. {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia del Molino, Fernando 1813 births 1899 deaths Portrait painters Miniature painting University of Buenos Aires alumni Juan Manuel de Rosas 19th-century Argentine painters 19th-century Argentine male artists Argentine male painters Artists from Santiago Artists from Buenos Aires
Fernando García del Molino (23 March 1813, Santiago
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- 1899, Buenos Aires
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) was a Chilean-born Argentine portrait painter, miniaturist
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and lithographer
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. Many of his portraits were done from photographs or daguerrotype
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Invented by Louis Daguerre an ...
s.
Biography
He was born to a family of Spanish merchants. In 1822, when he was only nine, they moved to Buenos Aires. Shortly after, he began to show some artistic talent and was enrolled in classes at the "Academy of Drawing" of theUniversity of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one o ...
, where he studied with the Italian painter, Pablo Caccianiga (1798-1862).Brief biography@ Revisionistas. While there, he befriended his fellow student Carlos Morel and they often painted together.Brief biography
@ Fundación Konex. After graduating, he turned to teaching. One of his earliest students was
Franklin Rawson
Benjamin Franklin Rawson (29 March 1819 or 1820 – 14 March 1871) was an Argentine painter
who belonged to the first generation of Argentine painters called the "precursors".
His best known works are the ''Assassination of Manuel Vicen ...
, only six years his junior. He was already a well-known artist by the age of twenty-five.
During the Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Althoug ...
administration, he created most of his best-known portraits, including those of Manuela Rosas, Encarnación Ezcurra
María de la Encarnación Ezcurra (March 25, 1795 – October 20, 1838) was an Argentine political activist, wife of Juan Manuel de Rosas.
She was the daughter of Juan Ignacio Ezcurra and Teodora de Arguibel. She married Rosas on March 16, 1813 ...
, Rosas himself and many more of those in his immediate circle. He visited Rosas' home in the Palermo District so often, that he virtually became the Governor's official painter.
He also created portraits of notable figures from Argentine history, including Facundo Quiroga
Juan Facundo Quiroga (November 27, 1788 – February 16, 1835) was an Argentine caudillo (military strongman) who supported federalism at the time when the country was still in formation.
Early years
Quiroga was born in San Antonio, La Ri ...
and José Félix Aldao. After Rosas went into exile, his commissions decreased dramatically. Later, he took a trip to London; invited by Manuela Rosas and her husband, Máximo Terrero (1817-1898), the son of rancher and businessman . While there, he painted another portrait of the elderly Rosas, probably in Southampton
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.
References
Further reading
* José León Pagano, ''Fernando García del Molino: El pintor de la Federación'', Secretaría de Educación, Subsecretaría de Cultura, 1948External links
ArtNet: Miniatures by García del Molino
a review of the exhibition "Retratos para una identidad. Fernando García del Molino, 1813- 1899", by Mercedes Perez Bergliaffa @ Revista de Cultura. {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia del Molino, Fernando 1813 births 1899 deaths Portrait painters Miniature painting University of Buenos Aires alumni Juan Manuel de Rosas 19th-century Argentine painters 19th-century Argentine male artists Argentine male painters Artists from Santiago Artists from Buenos Aires