Bartolome Esteban Murillo

Spanish 1618-1682 Bartolome Esteban Murillo Galleries Murillo began his art studies under Juan del Castillo in Seville. Murillo became familiar with Flemish painting; the great commercial importance of Seville at the time ensured that he was also subject to influences from other regions. His first works were influenced by Zurbaran, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano, and he shared their strongly realist approach. As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his Roman Catholic religious works. In 1642, at the age of 26 he moved to Madrid, where he most likely became familiar with the work of Velazquez, and would have seen the work of Venetian and Flemish masters in the royal collections; the rich colors and softly modeled forms of his subsequent work suggest these influences. He returned to Seville in 1645. In that year, he painted thirteen canvases for the monastery of St. Francisco el Grande in Seville which gave his reputation a well-deserved boost. Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialise in the themes that brought him his greatest successes, the Virgin and Child, and the Immaculate Conception. After another period in Madrid, from 1658 to 1660, he returned to Seville. Here he was one of the founders of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Art), sharing its direction, in 1660, with the architect, Francisco Herrera the Younger. This was his period of greatest activity, and he received numerous important commissions, among them the altarpieces for the Augustinian monastery, the paintings for Santa Mar??a la Blanca (completed in 1665), and others.
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Bartolome Esteban Murillo Childhood of Christ and John the Baptist oil


Childhood of Christ and John the Baptist
Painting ID::  62650 		Childhood of Christ and John the Baptist
mk284 Oil on canvas 1650 124 x 115 cm Art Museum of St. Petersburg Aimi Ji
   
   
     
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Baptism of Jesus oil


Baptism of Jesus
Painting ID::  62651 		Baptism of Jesus
mk284 Oil on canvas 250 x 180 cm Cathedral of Seville
mk284_Oil_on_canvas_250_x_180_cm_Cathedral_of_Seville
   
   
     
Bartolome Esteban Murillo St. John's and the child Jesus oil


St. John's and the child Jesus
Painting ID::  62652 		St. John's and the child Jesus
mk284 Oil on canvas 1670 - 1675 St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum
   
   
     
Bartolome Esteban Murillo The Virgin and Child oil


The Virgin and Child
Painting ID::  62653 		The Virgin and Child
mk284 Oil on canvas 116 x 115 cm Museum Dresden, Germany
mk284_Oil_on_canvas_116_x_115_cm_Museum_Dresden,_Germany
   
   
     
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Passion oil


Passion
Painting ID::  62654 		Passion
mk284 Oil on canvas 71 x 54 cm Madrid, Museo del Prado
mk284_Oil_on_canvas_71_x_54_cm_Madrid,_Museo_del_Prado
   
   
     
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     Spanish 1618-1682 Bartolome Esteban Murillo Galleries Murillo began his art studies under Juan del Castillo in Seville. Murillo became familiar with Flemish painting; the great commercial importance of Seville at the time ensured that he was also subject to influences from other regions. His first works were influenced by Zurbaran, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano, and he shared their strongly realist approach. As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his Roman Catholic religious works. In 1642, at the age of 26 he moved to Madrid, where he most likely became familiar with the work of Velazquez, and would have seen the work of Venetian and Flemish masters in the royal collections; the rich colors and softly modeled forms of his subsequent work suggest these influences. He returned to Seville in 1645. In that year, he painted thirteen canvases for the monastery of St. Francisco el Grande in Seville which gave his reputation a well-deserved boost. Following the completion of a pair of pictures for the Seville Cathedral, he began to specialise in the themes that brought him his greatest successes, the Virgin and Child, and the Immaculate Conception. After another period in Madrid, from 1658 to 1660, he returned to Seville. Here he was one of the founders of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Art), sharing its direction, in 1660, with the architect, Francisco Herrera the Younger. This was his period of greatest activity, and he received numerous important commissions, among them the altarpieces for the Augustinian monastery, the paintings for Santa Mar??a la Blanca (completed in 1665), and others.

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