José Antonio Zapata y Nadal, or y Dadad (1762 – 31 August 1837) was a Spanish painter, active in

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. He studied at the Escuela de San Carlos where he received several awards at the school's competitions; for history painting and, in 1792, first place for flower painting.Brief biography
from the ''Diccionario enciclopedico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes'' @ Google Books. In 1798, was named a "Member of Merit". In 1815, he was chosen to be Director of the Department of Decorative Painting.Brief biography
@ MCN Biografías. He also became an "Academic of Merit" at the

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal aca ...

. Although primarily remembered for his flower paintings and other decorative work, he also created portraits and religious paintings at churches in Alzira, El Cabanyal,

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

and numerous other places.

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Frick Collection The Frick Collection (colloquially known as the Frick) is an art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The collection (museum) ...

1762 births 1837 deaths Painters from Valencia Spanish floral still life painters 18th-century Spanish painters 18th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists {{Spain-painter-stub