OIL ON CANVAS STILL LIFE ASTERIO MAÑANOS
Antiques - Paintings
Reference: Z6229
Asterio Mañanós Martínez began his painting studies at the Municipal Drawing School of Palencia with Justo María de Velasco and, from 1877, at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid, in the classes of Casto Plasencia and Casado del Alisal. He also frequently visited the Prado Museum, making copies of Velázquez's works. From 1881, he participated in the National Fine Arts Exhibitions. He divided his time between Madrid and Palencia, where he was commissioned to design the curtains and stage backdrops for the Teatro de Recreo Palentino. In 1885, he received a grant from the Provincial Council of Palencia to further his artistic training at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, which lasted a year. Back in his hometown, he decorated the Teatro de la Peña Palentina with Sabino Ojero. He also opened a drawing academy, named "Casado del Alisal" in honor of his teacher, in collaboration with Isidro Mallol. In 1889, he moved to Paris for a year to study the realist style of Léon Bonnat. Upon returning to Spain, he established his studio in Madrid, where he painted Doña Sancha Before the Corpse of Her Husband and the portrait of Tomás Bretón. From 1908, the Senate's Governing Commission appointed him curator of the Upper House's artwork. The large parliamentary paintings depicting Senate sessions and chambers are a product of this experience. One of his last canvases was an allegory of the Second Republic, now part of the Senate's collection. The place and circumstances of his death are unknown, but it is documented that he was alive in 1935.
· Size: int. 60x40 cms.
1.200 €
