Juan de Arellano facts for kids
Juan de Arellano (born August 3, 1614 – died October 13, 1676) was a Spanish artist. He lived during the Baroque time period. He was famous for painting pictures of flowers. These types of paintings are called still lifes.
About Juan de Arellano
Juan de Arellano was born in Santorcaz, near Madrid, Spain. He also died in Madrid. He learned to paint from a teacher named Juan de Solis. Juan de Arellano was very good at painting flowers. Other artists from places like Flanders and Italy influenced his style.
One of his friends said that Juan de Arellano decided to paint only flowers. He did this because flower paintings paid more money. They also took less time to create.
Some of his well-known paintings include Bouquet of Flowers. Another famous one is Garland of Flowers, Birds and Butterfly. You can see this painting at the Louvre museum. Many of his works are also at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando has more of his still life paintings.
What Did He Paint?
Juan de Arellano created many beautiful flower paintings. Here are some of his famous works:
- Vase of Flowers (from the early 1600s)
- Small Basket of Flowers (around 1650), which is in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.
- Flowers in a Vase (1650)
- Still Life with Flowers (painted between 1650 and 1670)
- Flowers on a Basket on a Plinth (1664)
- Vase of Flowers (1664 and 1668)
- Basket of Flowers (between 1668 and 1670), found at the Museo del Prado.
- Small Basket of Flowers (1671)
- Basket of Flowers (1671, and another between 1671 and 1673)
- Basket of Flowers (between 1675 and 1676), located at the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer.
- Still life of flowers with hollyhocks, at the Museum of Romanticism.
- Concert of Birds with Flowers, at the Museum Cerralbo.
- Vases before a Mirror, at the A Coruña Museum of Fine Arts.
- Still Life with sunflower and other flowers, birds, fruits and insects on a stone plinth.
- Still Life with flowers, birds, fruits and insects on a stone plinth.
See also
In Spanish: Juan de Arellano para niños
