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1807 Ferrol, La Coruna - 1854 Madrid, Spain. Known for: Spanish Romantic landscape painting.
Genaro Pérez Villaamil was a Spanish Romantic landscape painter. He joined the army of the Liberal government in 1823 and was wounded in Andalusia, after which he was taken as a prisoner of war to... Read full biography
Genaro Pérez Villaamil was a Spanish Romantic landscape painter. He joined the army of the Liberal government in 1823 and was wounded in Andalusia, after which he was taken as a prisoner of war to Cadiz. He attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts during his imprisonment and achieved fame after... Read full biography
Genaro Pérez Villaamil was a Spanish Romantic landscape painter. He joined the army of the Liberal government in 1823 and was wounded in Andalusia, after which he was taken as a prisoner of war to Cadiz. He attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts during his imprisonment and achieved fame after being called to Puerto Rico to decorate the Tapia Theatre. He returned to Spain in 1833 and met the Scottish painter David Roberts, who passed on to him the British Romantic landscape conception.... Read full biography
Genaro Pérez Villaamil was a Spanish Romantic landscape painter. He joined the army of the Liberal government in 1823 and was wounded in Andalusia, after which he was taken as a prisoner of war to Cadiz. He attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts during his imprisonment and achieved fame after being called to Puerto Rico to decorate the Tapia Theatre. He returned to Spain in 1833 and met the Scottish painter David Roberts, who passed on to him the British Romantic landscape conception. Pérez Villaamil settled in Madrid in 1834 and achieved a career of growing success. He was appointed academician of merit of San Fernando in 1835 and honorary chamber painter five years later. He remained outside Spain between 1840 and 1844, during... Read full biography
Genaro Pérez Villaamil was a Spanish Romantic landscape painter. He joined the army of the Liberal government in 1823 and was wounded in Andalusia, after which he was taken as a prisoner of war to Cadiz. He attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts during his imprisonment and achieved fame after being called to Puerto Rico to decorate the Tapia Theatre. He returned to Spain in 1833 and met the Scottish painter David Roberts, who passed on to him the British Romantic landscape conception. Pérez Villaamil settled in Madrid in 1834 and achieved a career of growing success. He was appointed academician of merit of San Fernando in 1835 and honorary chamber painter five years later. He remained outside Spain between 1840 and 1844, during which he published his "Artistic and Monumental Spain", the most beautiful lithographed travel book of Spanish Romanticism. He di... Read full biography
