Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez (17 September 1749 in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cen ...

3 December 1829 in

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) was a Spanish writer on art.

Biography

Bermúdez was born in

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensi ...

. He founded an art academy at

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

, and was given responsibility to order the Archivo General de Indias or the repository of documents relating to the Colonies. He later made secretary of the Council for Indian Affairs in Madrid, a post later lost. He put himself in the service of the statesman and author Jovellanos and wrote his master's biography; Jovellanos then helped pay for his artistic studies and placed him in a government position. He is best known as the author of the ''Diccionario Historico'', a biographical dictionary of the principal artists of Spain. He was also a friend of Goya.

Works

*''Diccionario historico de los mas ilustres profesores de las Bellas Artes de Espana'' (Madr. 1800, 6 Vols.

*''Descripcion artistica de la catedral de Sevilla'' (Sevilla 1804) *''Carta sobre el estilo y gusto en la pintura de la escuela sevillana'' (Cadiz 1806) *''Memorias para la vita del G. M. de Jovellanos'' (Madr. 1814) *''Dialogo sobre el arte de la pintura'' (Sevilla 1819) *''Noticias de los arquitectos y arquitectura de Espana'' (Madr. 1829, 4 Vols.) *''Sumario de las antiguedades romanas, que hay en Espana'' (Madr. 1832, posthumous)

Internet

*''Arte Espanol: Proyecto Diccionario Cean Bermudez''. 2006. http://www.ceanbermudez.e
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez on arthistoricum.net

References

External links

1749 births 1834 deaths People from Gijón Spanish male writers Spanish art historians {{Spain-writer-stub