Born:
June 6, 1599; Seville, Spain
Died:
August 6, 1660; Madrid, Spain
Nationality:
Spanish
Art Movement:
Baroque
Field:
painting
Influenced by:
Caravaggio, Titian, Antonis Mor, Alonso Sánchez Coello
Influenced on:
Francis Bacon, Edouard Manet, Francisco Goya, John Singer Sargent, Pablo
Picasso, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Salvador Dalí, Juan Bautista Martínez
del Mazo, Juan Carreño de Miranda
Teachers:
Francisco Pacheco, Francisco Herrera the Elder
Friends/Co-workers: Peter
Paul Rubens
Family/Relatives:
Francisco Pacheco
Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born on June 6, 1599 (baptized) and died on August 6, 1660.
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| Birthplace of Velázquez, Seville |
He was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and of the Spanish Golden Age.
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| Philip IV of Spain |
He began to paint in a tenebrist style, using the intense contrasts of light and dark, and after that developed a more liberal method characterized by bold brushwork.
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| Martyrdom of St Andrew, an example of Tenebrism, Jusepe de Ribera (1628) |
In addition to numerous paintings depicting scenes of historical and cultural significance, he also painted portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, which was culminated in his masterpiece "Las Meninas (1656)."
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| Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez (1656) |
Velázquez's works became a model for 19th century realist and impressionist painters. In the 20th century, artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Francis Bacon paid homage to Velázquez by re-interpreting some of his most iconic paintings.
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| Las Meninas, Pablo Picasso (1957) |
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| Velázquez Painting the Infanta Margarita With the Lights and Shadows of His Own Glory, Salvador Dalí (1958) |
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| Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, Francis Bacon (1953) |
Famous Works (Diego Velázquez)
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