Blas González García-Valladolid Moral, Costumbrista Scene, 1866, Oil on Canvas

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O/l “costumbrista scene”, blas gonzález garcía-valladolid moral, 1866-castilla y león

splendid oil on canvas made by blas gonzález garcía-valladolid moral … more O/l “costumbrista scene”, blas gonzález garcía-valladolid moral, 1866-castilla y león

splendid oil on canvas made by blas gonzález garcía-valladolid moral in 1866, widely recognized painter in the city of valladolid thanks, above all, to its portraits. Of anecdotal narration, it represents a costumbrista scene with types of the southern peninsula. The author's signature is present in the lower left area. On the reverse of the work is written a dedication that is “to don lázaro rodríguez on the occasion of his appointment of gentile man of his majesty. Your cousin, blas gonzález g-v. Moral. “the canvas presents simple gold frame of the time.

this type of painting is not frequent in the painter's artistic production. It is a scene with several characters that form a circle during their encounter. In this complex composition each character adopts a different posture and movement, as is logical because they have been represented in a distended environment and sweet air action. They are appreciated hobbles, an essential type in fairs and pilgrimages, exponent of a satisfactory economic situation is an agricultural society. The work is finished with the soft landscape of the background. Thanks to the costumbrista paintings, the daily life of the different areas of the peninsula at the end of the nineteenth century can be observed. This genre is related to the romantic mentality, already in force in europe in the early years of the century, which proclaims and affirms the own character and different of each people, determined by its unique historical trajectory, thus exalting its particular characteristics exposed through types through types and scenes considered significant. It is precisely with the reign of isabel ii, when pictorial costumbrismo has its fullest flowering, and when this work is painted. The artist shows his thorough of reality, for example, in the costumes. In general, there is a predominance of the drawing and a conventional color. It must be taken into account that in all customs creation there is nostalgia for a lost or about to disappear, and at the same time complacency and pride in concrete situations where the genuine and particular still last. This melancholic tone emphasizes the landscape of soft colors.

brief biography blas gonzález garcía-valladolid

blas gonzález garcía -valladolid moral (1839 - 1919) was born in valladolid. His passion for painting came from cradle since he was the son of the local painter and academic pedro gonzález moral, from whom he learned the painter's trade along with his brother isidro. It was also his brother casimiro gonzález garcía-valladolid, famous valladolid historian, whose works are fundamental for the study of his history and art. He received his formation in the art of painting at the royal academy of fine arts of the purísima concepción de valladolid with agapito lópez san román and josé martí and monsó.

he cultivated other arts in addition to painting, such as sculpture and engraving, and even restoration and decoration. It became the most requested portraitist in valladolid. He painted portraits of monarchs, such as isabel ii or alfonso xiii; of archbishops; of the official institutions and the valladolid bourgeoisie in general, highlighting the portraits of the presidents of the rabapc. All of them keep a somewhat conventional character, a thorough technique, an adjusted intonation, and start from a photograph.

although the most developed portrait was the portrait, he also performed historicist, costumbrista and religious painting. Professor and academic at rabapc, his work is very extensive and is found in many local institutions and religious establishments in the city: the royal academy of fine arts, the archbishopal palace, the cathedral and many of the closures of the valladolid female religious orders .

lázaro rodríguez gonzález

lázaro rodríguez gonzález was a relevant character in the valladolid at the end of the 19th century. It is presented, in a publication, as “former director of the hospital of dementes de valladolid, knight of the royal orders of isabel la católica and carlos iii, awarded the beneficence in his second category, academic number of the number of fine arts and gentle-man of e. Director, founder and owner of the san rafael asylum. "

rodríguez gonzález was director of the hospital of dementes of the provincial council until 1869, when he founded the hospital of dementes de san rafael, aimed at the patients belonging only to the well -off classes. Although he had several locations, the most important was in a house in the plaza de san pablo where he was closing. It became so exclusive that high personalities of the spanish nobility of different cities entered it.

he was an academic number of the royal academy of fine arts of the purísima concepción, where his cousin and author of the work, blas gonzález valladolid, was a professor. He also obtained the decoration of gentile house of house of his majesty, which is why his cousin dedicated this painting.

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total dimensions: 117 x 96 cm.

dimensions without frame: 104 x 82 cm.

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