SEATED LADY. WATERCOLOUR. JIMENEZ ARANDA, LUIS. ROME, ITALY, 1873.
Antiques - Paintings
Reference: ZF1458
Seated Woman. Watercolor. JIMÉNEZ ARANDA, Luis. Rome, Italy, 1873. Signed, dated and located (lower right area). Luis Jiménez Aranda (Seville, 1845-Pontoise, France, 1928) was the brother of the painters José and Manuel Jiménez Aranda. He began his training with José, expanding it at the Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville and, even more, going to Rome in 1867 thanks to a four-year stipend provided by a private patron in exchange for a painting a year (here he would train with Marià Fortuny). When this aid ended in 1874, he continued in the city sharing housing with José Villegas Cordero and Francisco Peralta del Campo (all three studying with Eduardo Rosales). In 1876 he settled in Pontoise, near Paris, becoming a naturalized French citizen from 1877 onwards. He participated in several editions of the Paris Salon, in the Universal Expositions of this city in 1889 and of Chicago in 1893 (achieving recognition in both), and in National Exhibitions of Fine Arts of Spain (First Medal in 1892). Well-known for his genre paintings, he specialized in historical subjects, producing numerous important works. His work is held in several private collections and institutions such as the Meadows Museum (Dallas, Texas, USA), the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville, etc.
· Size: 55x3x68 cms. int. 25x34,5 cms
800 €
