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Ulpiano Checa Y Sanz BIOGRAPHY
1860 - 1916. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On... Read full biography
Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On completing his studies, in 1884, he obtained a grant to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome. During his... Read full biography
Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On completing his studies, in 1884, he obtained a grant to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome. During his third year he sent a work that won him the first medal at the National Exhibition of 1887 and the second at the Universal Exhibition in Vienna in 1888. At the end of 1887 he took up residence in Paris,... Read full biography
Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On completing his studies, in 1884, he obtained a grant to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome. During his third year he sent a work that won him the first medal at the National Exhibition of 1887 and the second at the Universal Exhibition in Vienna in 1888. At the end of 1887 he took up residence in Paris, where he exhibited regularly at the Salons, achieving success when his work was awarded a prize in 1890. There he combined painting with his work as a graphic correspondent for "La Ilustración Española y Americana". At the beginning of the century he... Read full biography
Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On completing his studies, in 1884, he obtained a grant to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome. During his third year he sent a work that won him the first medal at the National Exhibition of 1887 and the second at the Universal Exhibition in Vienna in 1888. At the end of 1887 he took up residence in Paris, where he exhibited regularly at the Salons, achieving success when his work was awarded a prize in 1890. There he combined painting with his work as a graphic correspondent for "La Ilustración Española y Americana". At the beginning of the century he settled in the south of France, in Dax, where he remained until his death in 1916. It is important to note how Checa's work influenced the... Read full biography
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Ulpiano Checa began his artistic training in 1873 at the Madrid School of Arts and Crafts. In 1876 he enrolled at the San Fernando Academy, where he became a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. On completing his studies, in 1884, he obtained a grant to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome. During his third year he sent a work that won him the first medal at the National Exhibition of 1887 and the second at the Universal Exhibition in Vienna in 1888.
At the end of 1887 he took up residence in Paris, where he exhibited regularly at the Salons, achieving success when his work was awarded a prize in 1890. There he combined painting with his work as a graphic correspondent for "La Ilustración Española y Americana". At the beginning of the...But wait, there's more...
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