Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench - Artist Info

About Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench

  • Biography

    Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (January 11, 1849 – October 18, 1916) was a Spanish painter, and one of the most prominent artists of Valencia from the end of the nineteenth century, working in the Impressionist style.

    Born into a poor family in Valencia, Pinazo was forced from a young age to assist in supporting the family by practicing various trades. He had only attended eight grades when his mother died of the cholera, and young Ignazio was variously employed as a silversmith, a painter of tiles, and a decorator of fans. After his father's death, he lived with his grandparents, and in 1864 enrolled in the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, Valencia, earning his living as a hatter.

    His artistic career started when he was 21, and he...

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