Circle of EUGENIO LUCAS VELÁZQUEZ (Madrid, 1817 - 1870); first half of the XIX century. "Bullfighting scene". Oil on canvas.

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  Circle of EUGENIO LUCAS VELÁZQUEZ (Madrid, 1817 - 1870); first half of the XIX century. "Bullfighting scene". Oil on canvas. It has stamp of the Collection of the Infante Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón. Presents frame of the nineteenth century adapted. Measurements: 35.5 x 59 cm; 50 x 73.5 cm (frame). In this scene of traditional and regionalist theme, the author portrays one of the most popular amusements of the 19th century. Through a frontal view, an image is presented that reflects a bullfight composed of a large number of characters, both in the stands and in the arena of the bullring. The way of representing the image acquires a certain innovation by conceiving a cut in the right zone of the composition, a characteristic that introduces the spectator into the stands, since it shows the image as if he were in the first person. With respect to the technical characteristics, the following stand out: an open and dynamic composition, a precise brushstroke that follows the precepts of drawing, in short, a set of aesthetic elements that bring this piece closer to the work of Eugenio Lucas Velázquez, specifically to the painting that belongs to the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, entitled bullfight in a village. Mentioned since the 19th century as Eugenio Lucas Padilla, or Eugenio Lucas the Elder, he was the Spanish Romantic artist who best understood Goya's art. Trained in the neoclassicism of the San Fernando Academy, he soon turned his training around and devoted himself to studying Velázquez and, above all, Goya, whose works he admired and copied in the Prado Museum. In Goya's painting, Lucas Velázquez found the starting point to develop an imaginative personal painting, of fantastic visions and unleashed passions, within the purest romantic style. He also took the subject matter from Goya, and painted scenes of the Inquisition, covens, pilgrimages and bullfights. In addition, he painted, in 1850, the ceiling of the Royal Theater of Madrid, which no longer exists, and later he was named honorary painter and knight of the order of Carlos III by Queen Isabel II. As a good romantic, he made several trips, among which his stays in Italy, Morocco and Paris stand out. His works are characterized by the use of a spirited brushstroke and a casual style, without draftsmanship concerns, with a dense and impastoed matter of great chromatic richness and with the presence of strong chiaroscuro. He achieved great success as a painter of manners and scenes of fantastic and sinister character, although it is true that he was also an excellent landscape painter and portraitist. His work is well represented in the Prado Museum, and also in other centers such as the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Goya Museum in Castres (France).
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