José Villegas Cordero (1844 - 1921)

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José Villegas Cordero

José Villegas Cordero was a Spanish painter, master of costume and genre scenes, who directed the Prado Museum from 1901 to 1918.

He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Seville and became known as a talented genre painter, noting interesting domestic scenes and accurately portraying the characters. Domestic painting at that time was very popular with the public. The artist also deals with the themes of the East, with great skill drawing pictures from sketches he made on a trip to Morocco.

In 1898 Villegas Cordero was appointed director of the Spanish Academy in Rome, and in 1901 he was appointed director of the Museo del Prado, the same museum that had once copied Velázquez's paintings himself while studying his art.

Date and place of birt:26 august 1844, Sevilla, Spain
Date and place of death:9 november 1921, Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spain
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:Spanish School
Genre:Genre art, History painting, Portrait, Religious genre, Self-portrait
Art style:Costumbrismo, Orientalism

Creators Spain

Martin Chirino (1925 - 2019)
Martin Chirino
1925 - 2019
Anselmo Guinea (1854 - 1906)
Anselmo Guinea
1854 - 1906
Esteban Vicente (1903 - 2001)
Esteban Vicente
1903 - 2001
Ignacio Zuloaga (1870 - 1945)
Ignacio Zuloaga
1870 - 1945
Jesús Mari Lazkano (1960)
Jesús Mari Lazkano
1960
Olga Nikolayevna Sacharoff (1889 - 1967)
Olga Nikolayevna Sacharoff
1889 - 1967
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
1805 - 1873
Miguel Berrocal (1933 - 2006)
Miguel Berrocal
1933 - 2006
Gaston Orellana (1933)
Gaston Orellana
1933
Marcel Marti (1925 - 2010)
Marcel Marti
1925 - 2010
Juan de Mesa (1583 - 1627)
Juan de Mesa
1583 - 1627
Salvador Viniegra (1862 - 1915)
Salvador Viniegra
1862 - 1915
Pilar Albarracín (1968)
Pilar Albarracín
1968
Jacopo Amigoni (1682 - 1752)
Jacopo Amigoni
1682 - 1752
Richard Guino (1890 - 1973)
Richard Guino
1890 - 1973
Alonso Miguel de Tovar (1678 - 1752)
Alonso Miguel de Tovar
1678 - 1752

Creators Costumbrismo

Louis Devedeux (1820 - 1874)
Louis Devedeux
1820 - 1874
Eugène Fromentin (1820 - 1876)
Eugène Fromentin
1820 - 1876
Wilhelm Gail (1804 - 1890)
Wilhelm Gail
1804 - 1890
Carlos Morel (1813 - 1894)
Carlos Morel
1813 - 1894
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 - 1852)
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov
1799 - 1852
Victor Eeckhout (1821 - 1879)
Victor Eeckhout
1821 - 1879
Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906)
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 - 1906
Max Schmidt (1818 - 1901)
Max Schmidt
1818 - 1901
Jules Noel (1815 - 1881)
Jules Noel
1815 - 1881
Adolf Schreyer (1828 - 1899)
Adolf Schreyer
1828 - 1899
Antoine-Alphonse Montfort (1802 - 1884)
Antoine-Alphonse Montfort
1802 - 1884
Curt Grolig (1805 - 1862)
Curt Grolig
1805 - 1862
Fernando Tirado (1862 - 1907)
Fernando Tirado
1862 - 1907
Gaetano de Martini (1840 - 1917)
Gaetano de Martini
1840 - 1917
Jean Brindesi (1826 - 1888)
Jean Brindesi
1826 - 1888
Jose Moreno Carbonero (1860 - 1942)
Jose Moreno Carbonero
1860 - 1942