Joaquín Martínez de la Vega, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish painter
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Place of Birth: Almería, Andalusia, Spain
About Joaquín Martínez de la Vega
- Joaquín Martínez de la Vega Cisneros, usually cited as Joaquín Martínez de la Vega (Spanish: [xoa'kin mar'tine? de la 'ßega]; 23 June 1846 - 4 December 1905), was a Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Although he was born in Almería and studied at the Royal San Fernando Academy in Madrid, he is considered a member of the Málaga School of Painting.A dandyish, dissolute and often transgressive individual, Martínez de la Vega clashed, both personally and artistically, with traditionalist Bernardo Ferrándiz, founder of the Málaga School; on the other hand, he sympathized with young Picasso and was a lifelong friend of José Denis.
- His work, especially in the late part of his career, is considered the closest to modernity within the aforementioned painting school, approaching cultural fin-de-siècle European tendencies like symbolism, post-impressionism and even, according to some authors, pre-raphaelism.
- Notable works include his pastel series on The Temptations of St.
- Anthony, his religious paintings (Ecce Homo and Dolorosa) and the posters he designed for the Feria de Agosto, especially the one he painted for the 1895 edition.
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