Germán Hernández Amores (10 June 1823,

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16 May 1894, Murcia) was a Spanish painter who specialized in Classical, mythological, and Biblical scenes. He was one of the few artists in Spain to adopt stylistic elements from the German

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Biography

He began by studying drawing with the Italian-born sculptor, Santiago Baglietto (1781-1853), at the

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in Murcia. Then, he studied at the

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, with

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and

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. During this time, he paid his way by doing book illustrations. The year 1851 found him in Paris, on a scholarship from the , obtained through the influence of Luis González Bravo. There, he studied with

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. Two years later, he received a pension that allowed him to stay at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He was there until 1857 and made contact with several German painters of the Nazarene movement, which influenced his style. In 1858, he was awarded a Second Class prize at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for his painting of

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reprimanding

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. His depiction of the Virgin Mary and Saint John on their way to Ephesus received a First Class prize at the Exhibition of 1862. He would continue to participate until 1892, but won no further prizes. Later, he became a professor at the Escuela Superior de Pintura and, in 1892, was named a member of the Real Academia. His younger brother, , was also a well-known painter.

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Biography
@ MCN Biografías * ''Diccionario de Arte, Pintores del siglo XIX'', Editorial LIBSA, 2001. .

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