Jose Denis Belgrano - Artist Info

About Jose Denis Belgrano

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    José Denis Belgrano was a notable painter from the Malaga school of the second half of the 19th century. He was born into a bourgeois family and showed a precocious talent for painting from a very early age. He was granted a pension by the Marquis of Guadiaro, Carlos Larios, which enabled him to continue his studies in Rome between 1862 and 1864. During his stays in Rome, he became acquainted with the work of Mariano Fortuny, whose influence would be very present in his painting. When Bernardo Ferrándiz returned to Malaga, Denis entered the city's School of Fine Arts as his pupil in 1868.

    On his return from his second trip to Rome, Denis was already a fully established painter. He then received important commissions such as the...

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