Mariano Yzquierdo

MARIANO YZQUIERDO VIVAS (Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, 1893- Madrid, 1985).
"Cepo".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and titled on the back.
Measurements: 93 x 73 cm; 104 x 85 x 5 cm (frame).

Yzquierdo is formed in the School of Fine Arts of San Jorge of Barcelona and in that of San Fernando of Madrid. In 1922 he became director of the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades in La Coruña, where he was a member of the Royal Provincial Academy of Fine Arts Nuestra Señora del Rosario. In 1940 he won the post of professor of artistic drawing in Madrid and became director of sections X and XII of the School of Arts and Crafts of the aforementioned city. He specializes in constumbrista and historical themes and examples of his work are preserved in institutions such as the Army Museum or the Military Academy of Zaragoza. He participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, in which he obtained several awards, such as third medals in the editions of 1922 and 1945 and a second medal in 1950. He also won the first medal at the Salón de Otoño in 1949, the same year he received the Prize of the Ministry of National Education.