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| Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841–1920) | ||||||||||
| Son of the famed painter Federico de Madrazo y Küntz, Raimundo was born in Rome, but his family returned to Madrid when he was just a year old. He received his early art training from his father and grandfather, both of whom had studied in Paris, and grew up in an artistic environment surrounded by his father's prominent collaborators and pupils. After completing his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1854, where he was a pupil of Carlos Luis de Ribera and Carlos de Haes, Madrazo moved to Paris in 1862 to continue his education, working in Léon Cogniet’s studio and later enrolling at the Ecole de Beaux-Arts and the Ecole Impériale de Dessin. In Paris, he formed lasting connections with foreign artists such as Martin Rico, Alfred Stevens, Luis Ruipéerez, and Mariano Fortuny, who would become his brother-in-law. A leading figure of the Spanish school in Paris, Madrazo exhibited regularly in the city as well as in London, New York, and Venice. His works, especially his portraits, were in high demand for their realism, and he enjoyed both success and a long career. Initially, his style was academic, shaped by Parisian trends, and often portraying fashionable women in intimate, luxurious genre scenes, but he later shifted his approach, influenced by Alfred Stevens and Mariano Fortuny. Madrazo died in Versailles. | ||||||||||
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