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

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838 - 1874)
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal
1838 - 1874
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje (1932 - 2017)
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje
1932 - 2017
Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667)
Alonso Cano
1601 - 1667
Alfredo Castañeda (1938 - 2010)
Alfredo Castañeda
1938 - 2010
Francisco Salzillo (1707 - 1783)
Francisco Salzillo
1707 - 1783
Martín Rico y Ortega (1833 - 1908)
Martín Rico y Ortega
1833 - 1908
Manuel Garcia Hispaleto (1836 - 1898)
Manuel Garcia Hispaleto
1836 - 1898
Enrique Simonet Lombardo (1866 - 1927)
Enrique Simonet Lombardo
1866 - 1927
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 - 1682)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1617 - 1682
Otto D. Douglas-Hill (1897 - 1972)
Otto D. Douglas-Hill
1897 - 1972
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
1805 - 1873
Antonio Maria Fabrés y Costa (1854 - 1938)
Antonio Maria Fabrés y Costa
1854 - 1938
Wilhelm Auberlen (1860 - 1948)
Wilhelm Auberlen
1860 - 1948
Irene Rice Pereira (1902 - 1971)
Irene Rice Pereira
1902 - 1971
Santiago Sierra (1966)
Santiago Sierra
1966
Baltasar Lobo (1910 - 1993)
Baltasar Lobo
1910 - 1993

Creators Costumbrismo

Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (1884 - 1967)
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova
1884 - 1967
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 - 1852)
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov
1799 - 1852
Max Schmidt (1818 - 1901)
Max Schmidt
1818 - 1901
Gustav Bauernfeind (1848 - 1904)
Gustav Bauernfeind
1848 - 1904
Jean Brindesi (1826 - 1888)
Jean Brindesi
1826 - 1888
Carl Wuttke (1849 - 1927)
Carl Wuttke
1849 - 1927
Karl Wilhelm Gentz (1822 - 1890)
Karl Wilhelm Gentz
1822 - 1890
Charles Zaccharie Landelle (1821 - 1908)
Charles Zaccharie Landelle
1821 - 1908
Carl Haag (1820 - 1915)
Carl Haag
1820 - 1915
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin (1847 - 1909)
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin
1847 - 1909
Olynthe Madrigali (1887 - 1950)
Olynthe Madrigali
1887 - 1950
Jose Moreno Carbonero (1860 - 1942)
Jose Moreno Carbonero
1860 - 1942
Edmund Berninger (1843 - 1929)
Edmund Berninger
1843 - 1929
Fausto Zonaro (1854 - 1929)
Fausto Zonaro
1854 - 1929
Franz Xaver Kosler (1864 - 1905)
Franz Xaver Kosler
1864 - 1905
Édouard Edmond Doigneau (1865 - 1954)
Édouard Edmond Doigneau
1865 - 1954