VENTURA DE LOS REYES CORRADI (Seville,1828-1901)
"Interior scene".
Oil on panel.
Signed, dated and located in Cordoba at the bottom.
Measurements: 29,5 x 23 cm; 44 x 38 cm (frame).
Ventura de los Reyes Corradi was formed in the School of Fine Arts of Seville, being a disciple of Jose Maria Romero. He had a close personal link with the Philippines, because he was the grandson of the deputy to Cortes for the Philippines of the same name. In Manila, he studied Humanities in the seminary of Santo Tomás. In 1859, he traveled to Italy to visit the most important cities, residing in two of them, specifically in Florence and Rome. From the mid 1860s until the date of his death, he lived in different Andalusian cities, first in Malaga and later in Cordoba, where he was a full member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts in 18765. In 1881, he obtained the Chair of Perspective at the Provincial School of Fine Arts, an institution where he taught for two decades, being the teacher of painters such as Ernesto Romá and Figueras, and according to the scarce news that are known about his artistic career, while still a student, he participated in the National Exhibition of 1858. It was probably a historical genre painting, a theme that the artist developed assiduously at the beginning of his career. Later, he cultivated the costumbrista theme, in small format paintings and following the typology of tableutin, under the influence of the Florentine painter Signor Ciuri.