José María Casado del Alisal (1830/32 – 8 October 1886)Brief biography
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Biography

He was born in Villada, and began his artistic education at the newly-established "Escuela Municipal de Dibujo de Palencia", which ultimately produced many well-known Spanish artists, and continued at the

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where he studied under

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. In 1855, his painting "The Resurrection of Lazarus" won him a fellowship to study in Rome. He also stayed in Naples, Milan and Venice. His fellowship was extended in 1861, so he could continue his education in Paris, where he participated in the exposition of 1862 with his work "The Oath of the

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", which is currently on display in the

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. He was also awarded medals at the

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of 1860 and 1864. He became the first Director of the newly established Spanish Academy in Rome in January 1881, succeeding

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who had been nominated but never occupied the position due to poor health. That same year, one of his best-known works, the "Bell of Huesca", failed to receive more than honorable mention at the Exhibition, which prompted him to resign his position as Director. Ironically, the following year, he was named a member of the jury that judged candidates applying for the fellowship to Rome. In 1885, he became a member of the San Fernando Academy. He died the following year in

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. History paintings were his primary focus, although he also did portraits of many notable people, including

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and Emilio Castelar y Ripoll. He drew his friend

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lying on his deathbed, within a half-hour of Bécquer's death. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as a

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, and the lighting effects the eclipse produced are represented in the final engraving. His brother was the Spanish-Argentine businessman and economic advisor, Carlos Casado del Alisal.

Selected paintings

File:El juramento de las Cortes de Cádiz en 1810.jpg, The Oath of the

(1862) File:Campanahuesca.jpg, The Bell of Huesca (1880) File:La Rendición de Bailén (Casado del Alisal).jpg, The Surrender at

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(1864)

References

External links

Arte España:
Brief biography and appreciation by José Manuel Tome
ArtNet: More works by Casado del Alisal

Drawings by José Casado del Alisal
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Casado del Alisal, Jose 1830s births 1886 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters Spanish history painters Spanish Orientalist painters People from Palencia Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni Spanish portrait painters

Biography

Selected paintings

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