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1768 Andalusia, Spain - 1797. Known for: Sketch artist, Andalusian culture and portrait painting.
Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored... Read full biography
Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored in Monterey, California in 1791. While in Monterey he did several drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink,... Read full biography
Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored in Monterey, California in 1791. While in Monterey he did several drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor of the colonists, Indians, flora and fauna. After a brief period in Mexico, he returned to Cadiz where he became a bookkeeper in the Spanish Navy Department. Works held: Madrid Museo... Read full biography
Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored in Monterey, California in 1791. While in Monterey he did several drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor of the colonists, Indians, flora and fauna. After a brief period in Mexico, he returned to Cadiz where he became a bookkeeper in the Spanish Navy Department. Works held: Madrid Museo Naval (Carmel Mission); Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, (wash drawing, Vista del Presidio de Monterey). Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Groce and Wallace; Monterey Adobe Capital of
Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored in Monterey, California in 1791. While in Monterey he did several drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor of the colonists, Indians, flora and fauna. After a brief period in Mexico, he returned to Cadiz where he became a bookkeeper in the Spanish Navy Department. Works held: Madrid Museo Naval (Carmel Mission); Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, (wash drawing, Vista del Presidio de Monterey). Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Groce and Wallace; Monterey Adobe Capital of California, Jeanne Van Nostrand. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150).
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Born in Andalusia, Spain in 1768. After joining the Spanish navy, Cardero was assigned to the Malaspina expedition that sailed from Cadiz in 1788. Coming via South America and Mexico, they anchored in Monterey, California in 1791. While in Monterey he did several drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, and watercolor of the colonists, Indians, flora and fauna. After a brief period in Mexico, he returned to Cadiz where he became a bookkeeper in the Spanish Navy Department. Works held: Madrid Museo Naval (Carmel Mission); Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, (wash drawing, Vista del Presidio de Monterey).