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Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez
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Gonzalo Bilbao y Martínez
27 May 1860 Seville, Spain
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| Died | 4 December 1938 Madrid, Spain
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| Known for | Costumbrista and Orientalist subjects; art professor. |
Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez (born May 27, 1860 – died December 4, 1938) was a Spanish painter and art professor. He was known for his paintings of everyday life, called costumbrista art. He also painted Orientalist works, which showed scenes from North Africa and the Middle East.
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About Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez
Early Life and Art Studies
Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez was born in Seville, Spain. His father was a successful lawyer. Gonzalo also had a younger brother, Joaquín Bilbao, who became a sculptor.
From a young age, Gonzalo showed a talent for drawing. An artist named José Jiménez Aranda encouraged him to take art lessons. Even though he loved art, his father wanted him to study law first. So, Gonzalo studied law while also continuing his art classes.
Travels and Developing His Style
In 1880, Gonzalo finished his law degree. But he never worked as a lawyer. Instead, he decided to focus completely on painting. His father was happy with Gonzalo's artistic progress. He even paid for Gonzalo to travel to France and Italy with his art teacher, Aranda.
Gonzalo stayed in Italy for three years, living in Rome. He often traveled to Naples and Venice. There, he painted many scenes of cities and the countryside.
He returned to Spain in 1884. Gonzalo was a restless person and found it hard to stay in one place. He moved around a lot, painting landscapes. He also planned many new trips. He visited Algeria and Morocco, painting scenes from these places. Later, he went back to Paris, where he sold his Moroccan paintings. His travels continued across Europe and even to America.
Teaching and Later Years
In 1893, Gonzalo Bilbao became a member of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in Seville. In 1901, he became the President of the Athenaeum, a cultural center.
In 1903, he took over from his former teacher, Aranda, as a professor. He taught at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría (Royal Academy of Fine Arts). Some of his famous students included Daniel Vázquez Díaz and Eugenio Hermoso. In 1904, he married the daughter of a French banker.
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Gonzalo Bilbao is perhaps most famous for his series of sketches and paintings of "cigarreras." These were women who worked making cigars at the Royal Tobacco Factory in Seville during the 1910s.
In his later years, he received many important awards. These included the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Order of Charles III.
In 1935, he was chosen to be a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in Madrid. He then moved to Madrid. Gonzalo Bilbao died in Madrid in 1938, at the age of 78. This was during the Spanish Civil War, when the city was under attack. After the war, his wife gave his remaining artworks to the Museo de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts) in Seville.
See also
In Spanish: Gonzalo Bilbao para niños
